Former cricketer Wasim Jaffer has claimed that Rohit Sharma will not play the next edition of the T20 World Cup while giving Virat Kohli a chance to play at the ICC event.
Sharma and Kohli were part of the squad that reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. Since then their workload in terms of the shortest format of the game has been reduced.
“Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were rested (from the T20Is against Sri Lanka and New Zealand) seeing the bigger picture, with the Tests against Australia coming up, then there’s IPL and then the ODI World Cup. India can qualify for the World Test Championship final. And rightly so. Looking at the future, this game is for youngsters. I don’t see Rohit Sharma playing in the next T20 World Cup, from a personal perspective. Virat Kohli may play, but Rohit Sharma definitely won’t play the next edition. He’s already 36 I think,” said Jaffer.
Jaffer said that the priority for the selectors in the World Cup year would be to keep Sharma and Kohli away from T20Is.
“So, looking at the bigger picture, it’s important that they are mentally fresh and ready for the Australia series,” said Jaffer.
