Dilip vengsarkar statement on rohit sharma and virat kohli: Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar is not worried about the form of captain Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli in the ICC Champions Trophy. Let me tell you, Rohit Sharma was facing criticism for his form for some time. During the Test series against Bangladesh, New Zealand and Australia, they flopped badly. Rohit was under pressure after a poor performance in the red ball, but during the recent three ODI series against England, Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant century and ended the drought of runs and silenced the critics. Apart from this, the question was also about Virat Kohli, but he also scored a half -century in the last match of the series and achieved the rhythm.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have returned to form at a time when India has to fly for the Champions Trophy. Rohit-Virat’s performance in the series against England will definitely increase the confidence of these two. At the same time, former chairman of the selection committee, Vengsarkar, did not express concerns about Virat-Rohit’s form and said that both are players of big match and they will perform well.
Dilip Vengsarkar said, “There is no doubt that both will perform well in the important Champions Trophy. They are players of big matches and when big matches are played, they will perform well. The opposition is also careful with them, so their presence is very important. It is a lot of differences.
If you talk about the performance of these two players in the Champions Trophy, then Virat Kohli has scored 529 runs in 12 innings of 13 matches at an average of 88.16 and a strike rate of 92.32. During this time 5 fifties have also come from Virat Kohli’s bat. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma has scored 481 runs in 10 matches at an average of 53.44. Rohit Sharma’s strike rate has been 82.50 during this period. Rohit’s bat has also scored 1 century and four fifties.
Let me tell you, India will start its campaign to 20 Farveer. India is to play the first match against Bangladesh. After this, Team India will play against Pakistan on 23 February and New Zealand on 2 March. India will play all its matches in Dubai.
Indian team for ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-Qetan), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakraborty.
Reserve Players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammad Siraj and Shivam Dubey.