Former Indian player turned veteran commentator Sunil Gavaskar has shared his views on the ODI futures of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli after they retired from the other two formats as well. Gavaskar also stated that he doesn’t see them playing the 2027 World Cup as well. Notably, Rohit and Kohli had announced their T20I retirements last year after the format’s World Cup as well.

When asked about their possibility of playing the 2027 World Cup, the veteran stated: “No, I don’t think they will be playing. I am being very honest. But, who knows, in the next year or so, if they strike a rich vein of form, and if they keep scoring hundreds and hundreds, even God can’t drop them.”

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Speaking about both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma drawing curtains on their Test careers, Sunil Gavaskar also said discussions would have happened with selectors and management as well. And, he also pointed out that nobody would have wanted them dropped from the team.

“That’s exactly what would have happened. There would have been discussions and conversations with them. They would have had talks with the selectors, chairman of selectors and senior board officials. That’s why I said this was not a surprise, at least not to me. Definitely, there would have been conversations with both of them because the one thing nobody would have wanted to see was them being dropped from the team. Nobody would have wanted that,” Sunil Gavaskar concluded.