Former Indian Chief Elector Dilip Vengsarkar has raised concerns about the election Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma For the upcoming three ODI series against Australia starting October 19. Both senior players were recently named in the Odi squad led by Shubman Gill.The series will mark Kohli and Rohit back to competitive cricket since their last appearance in IPL 2025. Their most recent international appearance -this recent is during Champion trophy In March.
This situation is significant as both players are now only participating in the Odi cricket, who retired from T20IS on June 2024 and tested the cricket in May this year.“Rohit and Virat have been a great player for years, but if you play just a game format, I believe voters need to make a call for this. I don’t think you can know or evaluate the player’s shape and fitness as they have a long term after the last game they play. It is very difficult to evaluate their shape and fitness, “Vengsarkar told mid -day. “Rohit and Virat may have been selected for their great records. They have become great players and have done Yeomen services Indian cricketAfter winning many matches in all game formats. But because they didn’t play the cricket test of the match and the T20S, and only played one format, a one -day match, which was not often played this season, it was very difficult to measure their shape and fitness. But since they were selected, the voters might have checked it out, even though I didn’t know how. “Current Chief Elector Ajit so confirm that both players pass their pre-mandatory fitness test. However, he showed their election for Australia’s visit did not guarantee their entry in the 2027 ODI World Cup plan.The upcoming series will be important in determining whether voters will consider them for the future ODI match against South Africa and New Zealand, which has the potential to affect their World Cup prospects.Although both players may want to continue their careers until the ODI World Cup 2027, Vengsarkar proposes a different approach to the selection committee: “It is true to the voters whether they want to hold Rohit and Virat or look ahead and give the players an opportunity for all game formats.
