Former Indian captain and legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev has reserved massive praise for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
According to the first Indian captain to win the ODI World Cup title, Rohit and Virat are huge servants of Indian cricket, and no one can replace them in any format of the game.
After helping India with the 2024 edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup last month, Rohit and Virat announced their retirements from T20Is.
“No one can take Virat and Rohit’s place in the Indian team in any format. They have been a huge servant of Indian cricket, and it was a happy farewell for them. The stature that Virat has made of himself in all formats, he will surely be missed in T20Is. Both are the same as Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni. They are irreplaceable,” Kapil was quoted as saying by IANS.
Indian captain Rohit, who is the first and only Indian to win two T20 World Cup titles, is the most capped player in T20I history, and he finished his career as the leading run scorer and leading six-hitter.
On the other hand, Kohli ended his 14-year-long T20I career by winning Player of the Match in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024, played in Barbados on June 29. He is the second-leading run-scorer in T20Is and the top scorer in T20 World Cup history.
Rohit may play in SL ODIs
After quitting T20Is, Rohit may return to action for India next month during the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, which will be played in Colombo on August 2, 4, and 7. The BCCI is set to announce India’s squad for the upcoming limited-overs series on Wednesday (July 17), and it will be interesting to see who gets the chance to lead the Men in Blue in the three-match T20I series.
Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya and middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav are in replace to succeed Rohit as the new captain of India’s T20I team.
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