The tenure of Team India's new coach Gautam Gambhir is going to start with the Sri Lanka tour. T20 and ODI series are to be played on this tour. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be seen playing in the ODI series on this tour. Let us tell you, this will be the first time after 7 years when these two players will play an ODI series in Sri Lanka. Gautam Gambhir has made a big statement on the career of these two players in his very first press conference, which fans are considering as a big good news.

Gambhir's big statement on Rohit-Virat ODI career

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from the T20 format after the T20 World Cup victory. In such a situation, now they will continue to play in ODIs and Tests. Gautam Gambhir, while talking about these two players in the press conference, said that Virat and Rohit have now retired from T20I, so now we should expect that they will be available for as many games as possible in the rest of the formats of India.

Gambhir further said that they have shown what they can do on the big stage. Both of them have a lot of cricket left. If they maintain their fitness, they can play the Champions Trophy, then the 2027 World Cup as well. Considering what they can contribute to the team, they are still world class and any team would want to keep both of them with them.

Now it is necessary to work on fitness

The next World Cup will be played in 2027. Accordingly, by the next World Cup, Rohit will be 39 and Kohli will be 38 years old. If the tournament takes place between September and November, Rohit will be 40 and Kohli will be 39 years old. In such a situation, these players will have to work a lot on their fitness in the coming time. At the same time, in the 2023 World Cup, both these players performed brilliantly for the team. Virat was the highest run-scorer by scoring 765 runs at an average of 95.63. On the other hand, captain Rohit Sharma scored 597 runs in 11 matches at an average of 54.27.