On Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup 2024. In this mega event, Rohit Sharma will be seen leading Team India, while Virat Kohli will once again be the backbone of the Indian batting order. Both of them made a comeback in T20 International in January this year after a long time.
Fans are excited to see both the legends once again wearing the blue jersey and making a splash in the shortest format of the game. But in the meantime, the statement of the BCCI official has broken the hearts of all cricket lovers.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will retire from T20 cricket
According to a top official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), this is the last assignment of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in T20 International. After this, both these legends will not be made a part of Team India’s plans related to T20 cricket. Simply put, Virat and Rohit have been given hints of retiring from this format after the T20 World Cup 2024. However, when do both of them announce it? They will decide it themselves.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s career has been great
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli returned to Team India after a long time for the home T20 series against Afghanistan in January this year. Earlier, both of them last played a T20 International match against England in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2022, in which India had to face defeat.
Virat and Rohit’s T20 career has been very good. Hitman has scored 3974 runs in 151 T20 International matches played so far at an average of 31.29 and a strike rate of 139.98. At the same time, Kohli has scored 4037 runs in 117 matches at an average of 51.76 and a strike rate of 138.16.
Indian Squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain), Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Reserve Players – Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan
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