‘No one can force Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’, BCCI secretary replied in a strict tone

New Delhi. BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia has put an end to all the ongoing speculations regarding former Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. He answered all the questions which were going on among the fans for a long time. After winning the T20 World Cup 2024, Rohit and Virat retired from this format. After this it was decided to leave Test cricket also. Now both play for India only in ODIs. The ODI future of these two continues to be discussed.

BCCI Secretary had appeared in a podcast of TV Today. When asked if Gautam Gambhir wanted to drop Kohli from the team, Saikia replied sternly, “There may be such a perception, but Virat Kohli is always in the team. Gautam Gambhir is also in the team. We look at the results. Have you ever seen Virat Kohli out of the team?”

‘No one can force Kohli’

The BCCI Secretary also clarified that Virat Kohli was not forced to retire from Tests. He said that no one can force a big player like Kohli to take any decision. “No one can force a player of Virat Kohli’s stature to change or take any decision. He is at that level. He is not an ordinary player, he is a legend of Indian cricket. Unless he himself wants to, no one can force him to take any decision. The board will not interfere in the career of any player,” Saikia said.

After the retirement of Virat and Rohit Sharma from Test, there was speculation about their ODI career. It was claimed in many reports that both of them may say goodbye to international cricket after the last series against Australia. However, both the senior players silenced their critics by performing brilliantly with the bat.

“Many people also write nonsense. We cannot comment on nonsense. We do not see any such things. These things never came up in any meeting,” Saikia said when asked what he thought about Gambhir not wanting Kohli and Rohit in the ODI team.