Last Updated on 14/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli in domestic cricket: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup 2024 title in June this year. After this, former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has taken over his responsibility as the head coach of the Indian team. After taking charge, whatever orders coach Gambhir has issued, Rohit and Virat Kohli have had to follow them.
One of the orders was that Rohit and Kohli had to take a break and return to the ODI series against Sri Lanka. The Indian team had to face a 0-2 defeat in the 3-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in its home ground. Now the next mission of the Indian team is the home Test series against Bangladesh.
The first match of this test series will be played in Chennai on 19 September. Before this, the Indian team has a break of about 43 days. In such a situation, Gambhir issued a second decree and said that all star players including seniors will have to play domestic cricket.
In such a situation, Kohli and Rohit will also have to follow this order. They can be seen playing in the Duleep Trophy to be held in September. This tournament will be played from 5 September. If Kohli and Rohit play in this tournament, then they will be seen playing domestic cricket after a long time. Kohli will play domestic cricket after 12 years and Rohit after 8 years.
Virat Kohli played his last domestic cricket match on 2-5 November 2012. This Ranji match was played between Delhi and UP. Playing for Delhi under the captaincy of Virender Sehwag, Kohli scored 14 runs off 19 balls in the first innings of that match at number four. After this, he scored 43 runs off 65 balls at number three in the second innings. UP won this match by 6 wickets.
Kohli has played 417 matches in international cricket since 5 November 2012 till now (12 August). This includes 103 Tests, 205 ODIs and 109 T20 matches. During this period, Kohli has scored a total of 65 centuries in international cricket and his best score has also been 254 runs not out.
On the other hand, Rohit Sharma played his last domestic cricket match on 10-14 September 2016. This match was played between India Blue and India Red under the Duleep Trophy. Rohit played for India Blue under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir. He came in at number four in the first innings and scored 30 runs in 57 balls. While in the second innings, he scored 32 runs in 75 balls at number three. India Blue won this match by 355 runs.
Rohit has played 255 matches in international cricket since 14 September 2016 till now (12 August). This includes 41 Tests, 117 ODIs and 97 T20 matches. During this period, Rohit has scored a total of 35 centuries in international cricket and his best score has also been 212 runs.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)