Ajit Agarkar, Chairman of the Indian Selection Committee on Saturday, admitted that it is difficult to meet Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s shortage from retirement from Test cricket. He also hoped that on the upcoming tour of England when other players would take responsibility. Let me tell you that, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket on May 7, while on May 12, Virat Kohli said goodbye to Test cricket.
During the announcement of India’s 18 -member team for the tour of England, Agarkar told the media that it is always difficult when the legends of cricket are retired. Filling their place is a very big job. But one way to see it is that this is a chance for others.
Who will get the place in place of Kohli-Rohit
Significantly, in place of these two superstars, left -handed young Sai Sudarshan and veteran Karun Nair have been included in the team. After a continuous disappointing performance in the last one year, there was speculation about the future in the traditional format of both Kohli and Rohit, an example of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia. Kohli started a bang in Perth by making a century but then his bat became calm. At the end of the tour, he was able to score 190 runs in five Tests at an average of 23. At the same time, Rohit joined the team after the first Test, his performance was disappointing and he scored just 31 runs in five Test innings at an average of 6.2. He was also out of the fifth and final Test in Sydney.
At the same time, when Ajit Agarkar was asked whether Rohit and Kohli were tried to persuade to stay till the tour of England? On this question, Agarkar quite clearly stated that making a new team for the upcoming World Test Championship cycle is a priority. He reiterated the things like head coach Gautam Gambhir and said that when a player decides to retire, this is his virtue. Sannyas is a personal decision. This is a new WTC cycle and you are looking at everything to help form a team.