Is Virat Kohli done with ODIs? Chief selector Ajit Agarkar sounds alarm amid silence, 2027 World Cup hopes fade
Former Indian Pacer Ajit Agarkar worried about the future of Virat Kohli’s vague ODI. Without an official word from the BCCI or team management, he calls for clarity about the role of Kohli, leaving fans and cricket circles confused.
The return of Virat Kohli to the international jack is still uncertain and his future in ODIs continues to be uncertain, which has led the choice of the choice of agit agites to feel more and more pessimistic. Kohli’s latest appearance for India was in the Champions Cup earlier this year, and the team provided a second ICC cup under Rohit Sharma and did not participate in any match since the IPL 2025 final in May.
A report of Revsportz shows a sense of “pessimism” that surrounds Kohli’s international jack expectations because of the “lack of communication” from India’s former captain. This news comes a few days after both he and Rohit Sharma from India were left out of a squad for over 50 series approaching AA Australia in Australia. The report said that the team management hopes to include both players in the series as a preparation for Australia’s white ball tour.
Currently Australia A is visiting India for a test series. Lucknow will play more than 50 games at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur after the end of the second official match in India. There were widespread speculations that players who hit both senior balls will participate in these matches to prepare for the ODI series in Australia, especially since the IPL 2025 has not played competitive cricket.
However, both Rohit and Kohli successfully completed compulsory fitness tests before the season at the beginning of this month. The Indian ODI captain had the advantage of completing Kohli’s tests in London, while he was there for the Test for the training of the BCCI’s perfection (COE) in Bengaluru and the training against the ODI series against Australia.
The report also stated that the latest developments in Kohli expressed his concerns about the future of ODI jack with 50 World Cups, especially two years away.
At the beginning of this summer, rumors wandered after a media report that suggests that both players could make their last international cricket views during the Australian tour. Rohit and Kohli retired from the T20Is in June last year after the T20 World Cup victory in Barbados in Barbados, and they went away from the tests earlier this year.
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