Anjum Chopra opens up on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s ODI future

Former Indian women’s captain Anjum Chopra has shed light on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s ODI future, and she doesn’t think we should decide anything for them. 

While Rohit Sharma has amassed 11,168 runs in 273 ODI matches at an impressive average of 48.77, Kohli has aggregated 14,181 runs in 302 ODI games at a stunning average of 57.88; thus, their records speak for themselves.

However, despite performing consistently for the team in the ODI format, it has been reported that Rohit and Virat could retire after the three-match ODI series against Australia in October.

The pair has already announced their retirement from Test cricket and had retired from T20Is after the 2024 T20 World Cup.

“Both of them are sitting at home for a while now and are away from the media and the cricketing world. So people are missing them a lot and talking about them. When they come on the ground, all these talks will go away. They will perform as they are two big players. I don’t think we should decide anything for them. When they play, then everybody watches,” she said on Crictoday’s YouTube channel. 

Chopra was asked to pick a better captain between Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni and she said it is not fair to compare captaincy and different eras.

“You don’t compare captaincy and eras ever. Because it is never the same for anyone. When we won the 1983 World Cup as well, when the team went, no one expected anything from them. When we won in 2011, no one knew that we would win. When we lost the final in 2023, to this date, we cannot believe the fact that why we lost and how we lost. And then we won in 2024,” she said. 

Rohit and Kohli will be seen in action in October.