After a long time, Team India’s senior players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be seen playing in the upcoming series against Australia. Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri has given a statement regarding these two legends. In fact, Ravi Shastri believes that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s hopes of playing the 2027 World Cup rest on their form, fitness and passion.
Also, the former coach said that the upcoming series against Australia will be an important test of these aspects for Rohit-Kohli. The former coach of India further said that both these greats will have to perform strongly against Australia to cement their place.
According to cricket.com.au, Shastri said at the Summer of Cricket launch event of Kaya Sports that, that is why he is here. He said that, he is part of this team combination. It depends on their fitness, passion and of course form. I think this series is very important to assess his performance. At the end of this series, they themselves will know how they feel and then the decision will be theirs.
Rohit and Kohli now play only in ODI format at the international level. It remains to be seen whether he fits into India’s long-term plans as the next ODI World Cup is still two years away. At that time Rohit’s age will be 40 and Kohli’s will be 38 years. Recently, Shubman Gill has been made the captain of India’s ODI team in place of Rohit.