‘2 months of IPL, then 10 games in 10 months’: Ex-cricketer questions Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma selections; says ‘enjoying very little’ | Cricket News – The Times of India

File photograph of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

NEW DELHI: Former India opener Aakash Chopra has raised questions over the choices taken by star batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma concerning their worldwide careers, at the same time as he backed the duo to push till the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa.Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra expressed shock on the duo’s selections to retire from Test cricket whereas persevering with to function in ODIs. Kohli and Rohit had earlier stepped away from T20Is following India’s triumphant 2024 T20 World Cup marketing campaign, and later ended their Test careers earlier than the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

(*10*)Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“Both of them can push it till the World Cup. Since the 2027 World Cup is in South Africa, experience and skills will be needed. Again, that’s also a bridge too far, but both have realistic chances till the 2027 World Cup. However, they are playing less cricket, and I don’t like that,” Chopra mentioned.

He added that quitting Tests had considerably decreased their recreation time. “I feel they should have been playing more cricket. They would have played a lot of cricket had they kept playing Tests. I don’t know why they have left Tests and are playing ODIs, and have left T20Is too. Two months of IPL and then 10 matches in 10 months. Personally, I don’t understand this,” he remarked.Chopra was additionally requested about how Kohli’s legacy will in the end be judged. “I think batting records. In impact as a leader, he hasn’t lifted any ICC trophy. ICC trophies are remembered. It’s good when you win the Test mace, or the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but the novelty fades when the next team also wins,” he defined.Reflecting additional, Chopra famous India’s close to misses underneath Kohli’s management. “Of course, they won under Virat’s captaincy for the first time, but then they won again. We drew the series in South Africa, didn’t win in England. We have won a few tournaments, but not the big ICC events, whether T20 or ODI World Cup,” he mentioned.