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After India emerged champions of the T20 World Cup 2024, veteran batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirement from the shortest format of the game. However, both will continue to play ODI and Test cricket much to the delight of the fans.
While Rohit is 37, Kohli is closing in on 36. Now the question mark arises how long they will continue to play international cricket?
While the possibility of the two making it to South Africa surely exists, it looks rather bleak, at least in the eyes of veteran India leg-spinner Amit Mishra. He feels Rohit and Kohli are not in contention to play the next ODI World Cup. Mishra has also predicted about their retirements.
According to Mishra, Rohit and Kohli will be done playing for India sooner rather than later. Because if they don’t, the younger crop of players will suffer.
“In another 2-3 years. Playing the World Cup 2027 looks tough. Rohit has 3-4 years of cricket left, but for India not much. He will retire and continue playing the IPL. Same with Virat Kohli. As it should be. How else will new players get in? One is 37, the other will turn 36 soon. They’ll be 38-39 in the next two years. At max, 40. That’s usually how long cricketers play,” said Mishra during a recent interaction.
