Former India coach and veteran spinner Anil Kumble has said that it will not be easy for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to maintain the necessary fitness level in ODI cricket, especially when both have retired from Tests and T20 Internationals. But at the same time, Kumble also emphasized that these two veterans should celebrate their achievements in the remaining time of career.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket 10 months after India’s T20 World Cup win in June 2025. Now both these giants are available only for ODI international cricket. But many questions are arising about his ODI future, and it is not clear how long he will continue to play in this format. The next big 50 -over tournament is the 2027 World Cup, and both of them last played ODI in the Champions Trophy in March 2025.
Both performed brilliantly in that tournament. Kohli scored the most runs in the semi -finals against Australia, while Rohit won the player of the match title by scoring 76 runs in the final against New Zealand. Nevertheless, there is uncertainty about his prolonged commitment to play ODIs for a long time.
Anil Kumble made a big statement about Rohit and Virat’s ODI career
During an event in Mumbai on Monday, Anil Kumble said, “It is not easy to do the preparation for ODI cricket, what you have to do or what is to happen after six months. It will be a challenge, no matter what you are and you have made your career in the last few years, but they are champion players, so they know how to play and play the champion players. Each performance will learn in detail how they should have played or how they could play. ”
He added, “The important thing is to celebrate whatever it is with both the players. Ideally, they would like to play till the 2027 World Cup, because something like this (India has not won the ODI Cup since 2011). We saw the final of 2023 (World Cup), in which Australia named Trophy.” Rohit Sharma never won the ODI World Cup. In such a situation, he wants to give himself another chance, as he missed the trophy as Vice Captain in 2019 and Captain in 2023.
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