Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were left out of the squad for the T20s against Sri Lanka. The BCCI said that the Indian team is trying to manage the workload of senior players as the ODI World Cup 2023 is scheduled to be played in India in October 2023.
But the sources BCCI confirmed that the cricket board is trying to construct a completely new team for India in T20s without senior players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. There were also rumours that Hardik Pandya has held a secret meeting with Jay Shah in which it was decided that he would be captaining the Indian T20 side in future.
According to recent reports, the BCCI is going to leave out Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma from the T20 squad against New Zealand. The recent reports have surfaced on the internet despite Rohit Sharma conforming a few days ago that he is not planning to quit T20s for India.
However, the pressure on the BCCI is immense, and the senior players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are likely to be permanently axed from the Indian team. The process is in the works, and you can soon expect a surprising retirement announcement from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.