With the tour of England over and no worldwide cricket scheduled for India till the Asia Cup subsequent month within the UAE, contemporary hypothesis has gripped Indian cricket, triggered by a media report that hinted Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s worldwide future may finish in October. It additional mentioned that in the event that they intend to extend their ODI profession and keep related for choice within the Indian staff for the 2027 ODI World Cup, they should play the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Nevertheless, a contemporary report within the PTI mentioned that there’s a “college of thought within the BCCI” that’s extra involved about whether or not the 2 will play in India A matches within the 50-over format, with the Vijay Hazare Trophy unlikely to see their participation owing to the overlapping worldwide schedule.
Kohli and Rohit retired from T20Is in June final yr after India lifted the World Cup in Barbados. Later in Might this yr, they introduced their sudden goodbye from the Check format simply weeks earlier than India’s tour of England, leaving them energetic worldwide cricketers solely within the ODI format.
They had been anticipated to return to worldwide motion for the primary time for the reason that Champions Trophy in March within the tour of Bangladesh, however the sequence was cancelled. India’s subsequent ODI task can be an away sequence towards Australia from October 19-25. Forward of the sequence, a bit within the BCCI reportedly desires Kohli and Rohit to gear up for the tour by enjoying a few India A video games at residence when the Australia A staff — which can have Jake Fraser-McGurk in its ranks — excursions. The three matches can be performed in Kanpur on September 30, October 3 and October 5, on the similar time the senior staff performs the primary Check towards the West Indies in Ahmedabad.
Why Kohli and Rohit will not be capable of play within the Vijay Hazare Trophy?
A Dainik Jagran report on Monday mentioned the 2 stalwarts of ODI cricket might want to play home cricket to remain related for choice and stay match-ready. Nevertheless, each can have already performed six ODIs earlier than the Vijay Hazare Trophy, which begins on December 24, with contests towards Australia and South Africa scheduled beforehand. Moreover, the three ODIs towards New Zealand (January 11, 14, 18) will overlap with the home Checklist A match schedule.
“Even when they play the Vijay Hazare Trophy, they’d have already performed six ODIs earlier than that. Between the Australia and South Africa ODI sequence, there’s an India A sequence towards South Africa A with three Checklist A video games (50 overs) at Rajkot on November 13, 16, and 19,” a BCCI supply advised PTI on situation of anonymity.
The BCCI supply additional pressured the ultimate determination lies within the arms of the BCCI choice committee.
“Now, the query is whether or not the duo will wish to play these three A video games, or probably two, earlier than the South Africa sequence. Much more necessary is whether or not Ajit Agarkar and his colleagues would need that,” he added.
“Overlapping with the Vijay Hazare Trophy (December 24, 2025 – January 18, 2026) are the three ODIs between India and New Zealand (January 11, 14, 18). So even when they play the Vijay Hazare Trophy, it will possibly’t be for greater than two to a few video games,” he mentioned.
