- After the Champions Trophy 2025, not captain Rohit Sharma but Ajit Agarkar can take action against this star player. If this player fails to score runs against Pakistan, then he can be shown the way out after this tournament.
Rohit Sharma: In the Champions Trophy 2025, India made a great start to the tournament by defeating Bangladesh by 6 wickets in the first match played on 20 February. Indian captain Rohit Sharma, along with vice-captain Shubman Gill, had made a strong start of 69 runs in 9.1 overs, in which the captain’s contribution was 41 runs in 36 balls.
Captain Rohit has regained his form, but there is still one player left in Team India, whose form continues to be a matter of concern. The selectors are waiting for just one mistake from this player, after which he will be immediately shown the way out of Team India.
King Kohli’s bat is rusty!
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Before the start of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, critics were constantly attacking captain Rohit Sharma for his poor form, but he shut everyone’s mouth by playing a brilliant innings of 41 runs against Bangladesh. On the other hand, ODI’s best batsman Virat Kohli is still struggling. In the first match played against Bangladesh, Virat Kohli could score only 22 runs in 38 balls, which included only one four. Kohli failed to read the ball of the leg spinner this time too and returned to the pavilion after giving an easy catch to Soumya Sarkar standing at point in an attempt to late cut the ball on the off-middle stump.
Kohli is not getting any runs
Earlier, Kohli’s bat was almost silent in the ODI series played against England. Virat scored only 57 runs in the two ODIs played against England. In the second ODI played in Cuttack, only 5 runs came off Virat Kohli’s bat, while in the last ODI, Virat scored 52 runs off 55 balls.
King Kohli was made a victim by leg spinner Adil Rashid both times in this series. While against Bangladesh too, he was dismissed on the ball of leg spinner Rishad Hussain. In the last three ODI innings, he has become a victim of leg spinner thrice. Earlier, in 10 ODIs played in 2024, Kohli scored 417 runs at an average of just 24.52, which included 1 century and 1 half-century.
One mistake and you’ll be straight out!
Everyone’s eyes were on the form of captain Rohit Sharma, but in the second ODI against England, the captain played a brilliant century of 119 runs, after which he silenced every one by scoring 41 runs in a rapid style against Bangladesh. Now Virat Kohli has come under the target of critics. If Kohli fails to score runs in this tournament, then not only head coach Gautam Gambhir but also chief selector Ajit Agarkar can show Virat Kohli the way out. This tournament is also considered very important for Virat Kohli’s future because the selectors will decide based on this tournament whether Virat will play for India in the future or not.