Team India is strong even after Rohit-Kohli's retirement, former England player gave warning to his team
IND vs ENG: The Indian team will tour England at the end of June where they have to play a series of 5 Test matches. All the fans are eagerly waiting for Team India's squad for this series because the new Test captain is also to be announced.
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The upcoming schedule of international cricket for the Indian team will start with the England tour, in which Team India has to play its first match on June 20. Team India's squad for this five-Test series is yet to be announced, in which all eyes are on which player will get a chance at the number-4 position in place of Virat Kohli, along with the new captain.
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At the same time, a statement from England's veteran former player James Anderson has come out regarding this series, in which he has given a warning to his own team, in which he believes Team India is very strong even without Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
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While talking on Talk Sport about the upcoming Test series between India and England, James Anderson admitted that the Test series against Team India will be a big challenge for England. Even though Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are not part of the squad in this series, India still has talented players who have impressed everyone with their brilliant performance. After the retirement of Rohit and Kohli, a new era will begin in the Indian team. The place of these two may be filled soon because there is a good backup of young players after India.
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Shubman Gill is leading the race to become captain
After Rohit Sharma's retirement from Test cricket, all eyes are on who will be the next Test captain of the Indian team, with Shubman Gill's name leading. At the same time, some new faces can be expected to be seen in Team India's squad. Apart from this, all eyes are also on the return of Shreyas Iyer in the Test team, whose performance has been excellent in the last few months.
When will Rohit and Kohli be seen playing for India? Both batsmen will be seen only in blue jerseys
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from Test and T20 Internationals. Now, both the strong batsmen will play only in ODI cricket.
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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma: The Indian team's star batsmen, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, have retired from Test cricket. Earlier, after winning the T20 World Cup 2024, both of them had said goodbye to T20 International. Now, both the legendary batsmen of India will be seen playing only in the ODI format. The biggest question is when do these two legends play for India?
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In the year 2025, the Indian team will play a total of 9 ODI matches
The T20 World Cup 2026 is to be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. For this reason, the focus of all the teams is on T20 cricket. In this changing era of T20 cricket, teams also play fewer ODI matches. In the year 2025, the Indian team has to play a total of 9 ODI matches, out of which three are against Bangladesh, three against Australia, and three against South Africa.
The first ODI match against Bangladesh will be on August 17
In August, the Indian team will tour Bangladesh, where it will play three ODIs and a T20 series of the same number of matches. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli can be seen playing in the ODI series. The Indian team will play the first match of the ODI series against Bangladesh on August 17 at the Sheye-e Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Rohit-Virat can play in this match, and this will be their first ODI series after the Champions Trophy 2025.
Indian team's ODI series schedule against Bangladesh:
- First ODI - 17 August, Dhaka
- Second ODI - 20 August, Dhaka
- Third ODI - 23 August, Chittagong
Both batsmen have scored more than 10000 runs in ODIs
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are counted among the best players of ODI cricket. Both batsmen have been an important part of the Indian batting order for the last decade. Rohit has scored a total of 11168 runs in ODI cricket for India so far. He is the only batsman in the world to have scored three double centuries in ODI cricket.
Rohit also holds the record for scoring the highest score in an innings of an ODI. Virat Kohli has scored a total of 14181 runs in his ODI career so far, in which 51 centuries have come from his bat. He is the batsman who has scored the most centuries in ODIs.
