Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to make India comeback against Australia

2nd ODI – October 23, Adelaide

3rd ODI – October 25, Sydney

Virat and Rohit had retired from T20 Internationals after India won the T20 world cup in 2024. They were supposed to feature against Sri Lanka in the month of August. But according to reports, that series in cancelled. The last time we saw Rohit and Virat playing was in the IPL.

In their absence from Tests, India recently managed to draw 2-2 against England in a hard-fought overseas series. Shubman Gill was India’s Test Captain after Rohit retired. He led from the front and went on to score 754 runs in 10 innings across the series. It was the most by an Indian captain in a single Test series in history and the second-most after Don Bradman’s 801 against Australia at home in 1937. He was was chosen as India’s Player of the Series by the opposition coach Brendon McCullum.

After the series, Gill said on his batting, “Feels very rewarding. I worked pretty hard before the start of the series. There were certain things that I wanted to work on as a batsman, and it was my goal to be able to be the best batter of the series. And to be able to accomplish that goal feels very satisfying and very rewarding.”

He added, “I think once you are sorted mentally, you would be in a good space. But you’re only sorted mentally when you’re feeling technically correct. So, I think they’re both kind of correlated. If you feel like you’re getting in good positions, you’re always mentally more stable.”