Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to quit ODI’s next? Jay Shah provides huge update

Team India and its fans are still euphoric after the T20 World Cup win over South Africa. After the win, Indian fans were rocked when Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirement on Saturday. 

Jay Shah has confirmed that Rohit and Virat will continue to be part of the ODI set-up. The BCCI big wig has said that the senior players, including Ravindra Jadeja, will be part of the Champions trophy team in 2025

While speaking to the media, Jay Shah said, “The way this team is progressing, our target is to win the World Test Championship final and Champions Trophy. There will be a similar squad playing there. The seniors will be there.”

New Indian coach set to tour Sri Lanka

Meanwhile, VVS Laxman is set to be the stand-in coach for the Indian tour of Zimbabwe where they will play 5 T20I matches. It is learned that the new Indian coach will be appointed in time to tour Sri Lanka towards the end of this month. 

Both coach and selector appointments will be made shortly. CAC has interviewed and shortlisted two names and after reaching Mumbai whatever they have decided we will go by that. VVS Laxman is going to Zimbabwe but a new coach will join from the Sri Lanka series” Jay Shah said while speaking to PTI 

There is also speculation on who will be the next T20I captain after Rohit Sharma decided to retire. The name of Hardik Pandya has been tossed as the next in line to take control of the Indian team. 

Jay Shah said, “Captaincy will be decided by the selectors and we will announce it after discussing with them. You asked about Hardik, there were lot of questions over his form but we and selectors showed faith in him and he proved himself."

Speaking highly of Rohit Sharma, Jay Shah said, “It was same captain last year and same here in Barbados. We won all games except the final in 2023 as Australia played better. This time we worked even harder and played better to win the title. f you look at other teams, experience counts. From Rohit to Virat, all excelled. Experience makes a lot of difference, in World Cups you can't experiment much also.”

The BCCI secretary ended the chat to PTI by saying, “I would want India to win all the titles. We have the biggest bench strength, only three players from this team are going to Zimbabwe. We can field three teams if the need arises.”