Will Rohit and Kohli's international career end after Gambhir takes over as coach?

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Tezzbuzz|17-07-2024

Delhi: A new era is going to begin in Team India. After the victory of T20 World Cup 2024, the contract of head coach Rahul Dravid ended. After the departure of Rahul Dravid, BCCI has appointed former veteran Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir as the new head coach of the team. After which the era of Gautam Gambhir is going to begin in Indian cricket. Gautam Gambhir had laid down many conditions to become the head coach of Team India, some of which were very strict conditions, one of which was that the senior players of the Indian cricket team should retire with time.

What will happen to Virat-Rohit's career after Gautam Gambhir becomes the coach?

Gautam Gambhir is going to start his journey as the head coach of Team India with the tour of Sri Lanka this month. It is believed that many senior players of Team India will be given rest on the Sri Lanka tour, but after that the big players will return. In such a situation, how far will the career of veteran batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who retired from T20 International cricket even before Gautam Gambhir was made the coach, go?

Will Virat-Rohit's international career end??

Considering the way Gautam Gambhir had put his conditions in front of BCCI, will the international career of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma end after this legendary player takes over as the head coach of Team India? Or will they continue to serve the Indian team for a few more years? This is the biggest question, so let us tell you in this article whether Rohit-Virat's international career will end after Gambhir's arrival?

Gautam Gambhir would not like to take the senior players forward

Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the coach of the Indian cricket team till the ODI World Cup 2027. Now for the next 3 years, Gambhir will be the head coach of Team India. In such a situation, it is certain that Gautam Gambhir will want his favorite players in the team. So will he remove the senior players from the team, as he thinks that he needs a young brigade team. Now we will try to answer this question.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have made a big contribution to Indian cricket

First of all, Virat Kohli has completed 36 years of his life, while Rohit Sharma has also crossed the age of 37. In this situation, the biggest question is how many more years can they play for Team India. Although it does not seem that Gautam Gambhir will give a chance to both of them for a few more years, but Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are priceless gems of Indian cricket history, what they have given to Indian cricket in the last one and a half decade in their career is priceless.

Gautam Gambhir cannot force Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to retire

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli may be in the last phase of their life, but they have decided to retire from T20 International cricket so that they can prolong their ODI and Test career. It is certain that both these superstar batsmen will be seen playing the finals of the ICC Champions Trophy and ICC World Test Championship (if India reaches the final) next year, because BCCI President Jay Shah has made it clear about Rohit Sharma that he will take over the captaincy in both these tournaments. And in such a situation, if Rohit plays, then Virat will also remain in the team. There is no doubt about this.

BCCI would never want to drop Virat and Rohit from the team

Now, as far as what happens after 2025 is concerned, even after that Gautam Gambhir cannot force these two legends to retire. Because the board will never want these two great batsmen to retire disappointed. BCCI will leave the decision of their retirement to both of them. Because their contribution to Indian cricket has been no less than conquering Mount Everest. Virat Kohli has scored more than 26 thousand runs in international cricket so far, while Rohit Sharma has also scored more than 18 thousand runs in all three formats combined.

These two precious gems were famous in India throughout the year 2023

If we look at the performance of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the last one and a half years, then in the year 2023, both these batsmen have been seen doing well in international cricket, where they have been in the top-5 in the list of batsmen scoring the most runs in all three formats. Virat Kohli managed to score 2048 runs in 35 matches in all formats last year at an average of 66.06, in which he scored 8 centuries and 10 half-centuries. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma scored 1800 runs in 35 matches at an average of around 49. He scored 4 centuries and 11 half-centuries.