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After the brilliant planning of ODI World Cup 2023, ICC has started preparations for T20 World Cup to be held in 2024. The T20 World Cup will be played in June 2024. Team India is also a strong contender for the T20 World Cup. It is not yet decided whether the current captains of Team India, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will play in the T20 World Cup. However, there are many discussions about the participation of both the batsmen in the T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have not played in this format since the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2022. Team India was eliminated from the T20 World Cup 2022 tournament after losing in the semifinals.
The youngsters will have to compete with Virat and Rohit
Amidst these discussions, former Team India fast bowler Ashish Nehra said on Jio Cinema before the first T20 match against Australia, “Age is not a criterion. What matters is how many runs you are scoring. We talked about Yashshwi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaekwad and Shubman Gill but if Rohit Sharma wants to play he will have to compete with them. Here is a 36 year old super youngster boy. When we again Virat Kohli Or if we talk about Rohit Sharma, the World Cup is still far away. If he wants to play and score runs then the young players will have to beat him to get a place in the playing XI.”
The chances of Rohit playing in the T20 format are less
After T20 World Cup 2022 Hardik Pandya Taking over the captaincy of this format. Due to Hardik Pandya’s injury during the World Cup, Suryakumar Yadav has been made captain in the ongoing series against Australia. On Wednesday, news agency PTI reported that Rohit Sharma is now unlikely to play T20 and discussed his future in the shorter format ahead of the start of the ODI World Cup. The report further states that the selectors or the BCCI may ask Rohit to reconsider if the young players do not perform well.