Whether Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play in T20 World Cup 2024 or not, currently both of them are away from T20 format for a long time. He is also not playing white ball cricket T20 and ODI against South Africa. King Kohli and Hitman will be seen playing live in the 'Boxing Day Test' starting from 26th December.
In such a situation, the big question is whether Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play in the T20 World Cup 2024 or not, considering their excellent performance in the recent ODI World Cup 2023.
The upcoming T20 World Cup is to be played in West Indies and America from June 3 to June 30. 36-year-old Rohit and 35-year-old Virat Kohli played the last T20 match on 10 November 2022 against England in Adelaide, which was the semi-final match of the T20 World Cup 2022.
After which these players are missing from the international T20 format. In such a situation, the question is whether these two greats will play in the T20 World Cup 2024 or not? Because many cricket experts believe that both of them should play in this format.
Virat Kohli has played 115 T20 International matches. In this, he has scored 4008 runs at an average of 52.73 and strike rate of 137.96. The special thing is that Virat Kohli is the highest run scorer in T20 International format. Virat has 1 century and 37 half-centuries in his name in this format.
Rohit Sharma has scored 3853 runs in 148 T20 International matches at an average of 31.32 and strike rate of 139.24. That is, it can be understood from this record only why it is necessary for both of them to play in this format.
Virat Kohli bat roared fiercely in the World Cup 2023, he created a new World Cup record by scoring 765 runs in 11 matches. In the World Cup itself, he became the first player to score 50 centuries in ODIs.
Rohit Sharma scored 597 runs in 11 matches at an average of 54.27 and strike rate of 125.94. This means that Rohit Sharma has the ability to change the game even in the T20 World Cup.
Rohit Sharma gave a great start to Team India in many matches of the World Cup 2023, while Virat Kohli has led the Indian team well. Talking only about Rohit, he appeared to be a different player in the powerplay. During this period he faced 297 balls and scored 401 runs. During this period, his strike rate was 135.01, while he hit 46 fours and 24 sixes.
Team India won 10 out of 11 matches of the World Cup 2023, Team India played the entire World Cup as champion. Rohit made many strategies in the World Cup, which were effective for Team India. Talking about the World Cup 2023 semi-finals, Shami was caught out by Kane Williamson on the ball of Bumrah in the 29th over. But then Rohit brought Shami back, Shami turned the match towards India by dismissing the dangerous Williamson in the 33rd over. Whenever Rohit was taking decisions in the match, Virat was seen talking to him on many occasions.
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