Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli return to ODI, challenge against England

Last updated:February 04, 2025, 19:09 IST

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are returning to ODI format from the ODI series against England. Both veteran Indian players will be seen in the ODI jersey after about 6 months. Two in the last series played against Srilanka …Read more

What did Rohit-Virat do on the nets of Nagpur?

New Delhi. Preparations have started in Nagpur, the entire Team India is sweating fiercely on the nets, the batting department is especially making every effort so that they can get their form before the Champions Trophy. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are also not untouched by this. Both veterans have been working hard for two consecutive days and for hours on open nets. Because he still has a Sri Lanka tour in his mind where he was out of form 6 months ago and lost the team series.

Coach Gautam Gambhir’s visit to Sri Lanka was the first assignment and he spoke to the selectors to connect special Virat Kohli and Rohit with the team. Despite the play of Rohit Virat, the team lost the ODI series after 27 years, since then the Indian team has not played any ODI series.

The credibility of veterans at stake

The English team has reached Nagpur after losing the T20 series badly. This series is starting from 6 February. With this series, veteran batsmen of the Indian team Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will try their hands in ODI format after months. Actually, this ODI series is considered very important for both the players before the Champions Trophy. But do you know when Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma last played in ODI format for India and how many runs were he scored? Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will descend after about 6 months in ODI format for India. Indian team captain Rohit Sharma scored 157 runs in his last three -match ODI series. At the same time, in that series, only 58 runs were scored from Virat Kohli’s bat. Also, the Indian team was defeated by Sri Lanka 2–0.

Doubt on Rohit-Virat form started from Sri Lanka

In the first ODI played in Colombo, Rohit scored 58 and Virat had scored 24 runs. In the second match too, Rohit scored a half -century but Virat was able to score only 14 runs. In the third match, Rohit Sharma scored 35 runs and Virat was dismissed for 20 runs. Virat was out LBW on the spinner in all three matches, which was very much discussed. However, it would be fun to see how Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli perform in the ODI series against England? Indian fans hope that both veteran batsmen will definitely return to form before the Champions Trophy. Earlier, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were badly flopped against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and since then questions are being raised about their place in the team.