Rohit Sharma can play his last ODI against England on Sunday at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. The former India captain may retire after the third and final ODI match of the India vs England series. Earlier, India’s former World Cup winner S Sreesanth has urged to let Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli play.
Speaking ahead of the third ODI, S Sreesanth has requested head coach Gautam Gambhir to let Virat and Rohit play as long as both the Indian legends want, as according to Sreesanth, both of them are far better than many other Indian cricketers currently playing the game.
S Sreesanth requests Gautam Gambhir to let Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma play
Former India fast bowler S Sreesanth has urged Gautam Gambhir not to stop Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as they are legends of the game, and please take good care of both these cricketers.
Speaking to Sports.dynamic.global, Sreesanth said, “Gautam, you are the coach. Don’t stop anyone – especially RO-KO. Rohit and Virat’s record is extraordinary. Let them play as long as they want because they are thousands of times better than most of the players playing currently. I just want to wish RO-KO all the best. Please don’t stop these brilliant legends. Gautam, take care.”
Rohit Sharma’s ODI record
Rohit Sharma has been a fantastic opener for India, especially in white-ball cricket. He is called the Master of the Daddy Hundred for his extraordinary record of scoring three double centuries and one big century in the 50-over format of the game. He remains the greatest ODI opener ever for India.
Rohit is just one century away from scoring the most centuries as an Indian opener; He has scored around 9,727 runs in the ODI format as an opening batsman for the Men in Blue and is behind the great Sachin Tendulkar who has more than 15,000 runs as an opening batsman in this format.
Virat Kohli is still India’s trusted No. 3
Virat Kohli is already the batsman with the most ODI centuries, with 54 centuries to his name. He needs only 133 runs in the next 75 innings to become the fastest to score 15000 runs in ODIs. In the third ODI, he can achieve this feat by scoring a big century at Lord’s.
Kohli has been India’s best No. 3 batsman in this format, and given his composure and excellent record in the 50-over format, he is completely irreplaceable in this format. The batsman recently scored an inning of 65 runs in the last game against England and has been India’s best batsman in the last few series in ODIs.
Will Virat Kohli follow the path of Rohit Sharma?
Rohit and Kohli have been stalwarts of Indian cricket for years. Both of them have provided some excellent match-winning partnerships between themselves in the ODI format. Now there have been more than 8000 runs in the partnership between them in this format.
There are discussions going on among former cricketers that if Rohit Sharma retires after the Lord’s match, then Virat Kohli can also retire. Before the ODI World Cup 2027, his career is under threat and there is a lot of turmoil in the Indian dressing room.
