‘Your focus there with that kind of experience should move to Test cricket’ – Ravi Shastri wants India to move on from Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma in T20Is
Ravi Shastri-Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma (Source: Twitter)
Some of India’s experienced players, such as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, have not played a T20I match since the 2022 World Cup in Australia last year. All-rounder Hardik Pandya has been leading the team for a while now, and there have been many reports suggesting that he might continue to do so in the future.
Ravi Shastri now wants India to move on from Virat and Rohit for T20Is and bring in high-performing, younger players the next time the format is played. He believes the two superstars should continue to play and focus on Test and ODI cricket.
“First T20 series that comes up, play these guys [the youngsters], expose these guys. They [the selectors] should start blooding them right now,” Shastri said on ESPNcricinfo’s Runorder show when asked about how soon players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jitesh Sharma and Tilak Varma should play for India.
“Players like Rohit, Virat Kohli, they are proven, you know what they are all about. I would go in that [good performers in the IPL] direction so that they get the opportunities, they get the exposure, whilst you keep the Virats and the Rohits fresh for one-day cricket and Test cricket.
“Your focus there with that kind of experience should move to Test cricket, red-ball cricket for the future World Test Championship, and they stay fresh [so that] there is not too much of cricket where there is an overkill,” he added.
You will pick the best guys at the time: Ravi Shastri
With the 2024 T20 World Cup still, more than a year away, Shastri claimed that the main criterion for selection should be current form. Adding to the point, he stated that fitness and experience should be considered. “One year is a long time. Players can be in form, the form can disappear,” he said.
“You will pick the best guys at the time, and then, of course, the experience will count, fitness will count. Who is hot at the moment, who is consistent, who has got the runs and where he has got the runs.”
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