Before the India vs Australia third ODI match, a video of Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir is going viral. In this video which created a stir on social media, Gautam Gambhir was seen jokingly telling Rohit Sharma that according to everyone this match (Adelaide) was his farewell match. Let us tell you that this picture was taken after the second ODI match played in Adelaide, in which Australia defeated the Indian team by 2 wickets.

The Indian team reached the hotel after the match. The voice is not clear in the video that surfaced, but a fan claimed that Gautam Gambhir was saying, “Rohit, everyone felt that this was your farewell match. At least put a photo.”

The ODI future of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli has also been in discussion before the start of Australia tour. Especially after being removed from the ODI captaincy, speculations have gained momentum that Rohit could retire after the Australian tour.

Gambhir: “Everyone loved that farewell match and put a photo on it.”

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Rohit Sharma returned to international cricket after 7 months, but in the first ODI match against Australia played in Perth, he scored only 8 runs. He made a tremendous comeback in Adelaide and scored a half-century of 73 runs in 97 balls. Apart from him, Shreyas Iyer also played an inning of 61 runs. India had scored 264 runs, but Australia had achieved the target with 2 wickets remaining.

The third ODI between India and Australia will be played in Sydney, where Rohit Sharma’s ODI record is very good. Rohit has played 5 ODI matches in Sydney so far, in which he has scored 333 runs at an excellent average of 66.60. He has also scored 2 half-centuries and one century on this ground.

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Will Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retire after Australian Tour? At present, this is the question on the tongue of Indian cricket fans. In fact, in the last 24 hours, such speculation has been at the peak that Virat and Rohit will retire by playing a series of three ODIs against Australia in October. Now the reaction of BCCI has come out on this whole matter, which will be shocked to hear.

The speculation of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s ODI retirement gained momentum when a report by Dainik Jagran told that both senior Indian cricketers can also stop their ODI career after Australian Tour. Both have already said goodbye to T20 and Test formats. The report also claimed that Virat and Rohit want to be available for selection in the ODI team, so they have to participate in the Domestic 50-Over Tournament Vijay Hazare Trophy.

BCCI’s shocking reaction

Quoting the news agency PTI, a BCCI source said that the future of Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma is not a matter of great concern for the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Currently, the entire focus of the board is on the Asia Cup 2025 to be held in September and the T20 World Cup to be held next year.

On the news of Virat-Rohit’s retirement, the source said, “If Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli would like to retire, they will inform the BCCI officials, just as they had done before the Test retirement. From the perspective of the Indian team, the board will be focused on sending the best team in the T20 World Cup and September next year.”

PTI report also told that BCCI will never take such a decision in a hurry. Especially when retired players are so popular. The claim has also been rejected, stating that BCCI offered Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in Sydney on 25 October.

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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, the two stares of the Indian cricket team, have disappointed their fans by retiring from Test cricket at almost the same time. Now both will be seen playing only ODI format in international cricket, because after winning the T20 World Cup, both the players took retirement from T20 together. According to Sunil Gavaskar, both players may not play till 2027 ODI World Cup.

Rohit Sharma retired from Test cricket on 7 May 2025. 5 days later, Virat Kohli also made an official announcement to retire from the Test. Both will now play only in ODI format. Everyone hopes that these two veterans played till 2027 World Cup. However, India’s legend Sunil Gavaskar finds so difficult.

What did Gavaskar say to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli?

In an interview to Sports Today, Sunil Gavaskar said, “I think Rohit and Kohli will not be part of the Indian team in the 2027 ODI World Cup.” Gavaskar feels that of course both are big players but perhaps they do not even play due to their age. Rohit’s age will be 40 and Kohli will be 38 years old.

Gavaskar said that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are performing brilliantly in the ODI format but the selectors will decide their future. The selection committee will see if it will be part of the team that will play the 2027 World Cup? Will he be able to contribute in the way that he is giving?

Gavaskar further said that if the selectors think that Rohit-Kohli is able to do something by staying in the team, then only he will choose him. However, according to him, he will not be able to play 2027 ODI World Cup. However, Gavaskar admitted that anything could happen in the coming time. He said what should happen in a year. Maybe both come in great form. If he continues to score a century, even God will not be able to exclude him.

Rohit and Kohli’s record in ODIs

Talking about Rohit Sharma’s ODI career, he has scored 11168 runs in 265 innings played in 273 matches. This includes 32 centuries and 58 half -centuries. He is the world’s highest run -scorer in this format, he scored 264 runs against Sri Lanka.

Virat Kohli has scored 14181 runs in 290 innings of 302 ODIs. His highest score in this format is 183 runs. Kohli is the highest century batsman in ODIs, he has scored 51 centuries and 74 half -centuries.