REVEALED! Why Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli Did Not Play T20Is After 2022 World Cup

Mumbai: There have been much speculation over why Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma did not play any T20I after India’s heartbreaking exit from the World Cup in Australia in 2022. Now, it seems the truth is out. Former India selector MSK Prasad has made the revelation over why this was the case. The reason as per Prasad is that the two senior players were focused on the ODI World Cup that was supposed to take place in place in months after the heartbreaking loss in Australia in the T20 WC.

“The reason they didn’t play is we were heading towards an ODI World Cup, so we predominantly wanted to focus on ODIs. That’s the reason they offered other youngsters (their spots) who were maybe thinking towards the T20 World Cup. So that’s a wonderful thing from both of them, and even the selectors and team management have got it right. Because if we are heading towards the ODI World Cup, it is better to focus on the ODIs, and we had the WTC also. So they were focusing on Test cricket and ODI cricket. Now that we are heading towards a T20, they should be back to action,” Prasad said on Star Sports.

With a few moths to go for the 2024 T20 WC, Kohli and Rohit have returned to the T20I fold. Both would feature in the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan. While Kohli is set to miss the opener today due to personal reasons, Rohit would be leading the side and opening the batting.