New Delhi: A lot of the backroom chatter around the succession of Gautam Gambhir as the head coach of the Indian national cricket team and the subsequent relationship with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. According to reports and chatter, it was believed that the relationship between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir would break down when the latter took on the coaching responsibilities.
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Gautam and Kohli have a spicy and juicy cricketing past during the IPL season in 2023. Naturally, these speculations were germinating once GG took over the coaching responsibilities. But all those speculations have been put aside as both Kohli and Gambhir remarked that they are well past their age of silly bickering.
“Both of those guys…have a lot of cricket left in them…”- Gautam Gambhir
Dismissing all the speculations and reports, Gautam Gambhir came out in the open to claim that things are going smoothly in the backroom unlike what has been floated around in the media. In the recent press conference that Gambhir before the upcoming Sri Lanka tour, Gambhir stated “One thing I can be very clear is that both of those guys (Rohit and Virat) have a lot of cricket left in them…”
Subsequently, GG has left the door open for both the stars to continue to play for the nation as long as possible. Naturally, the possibility of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma both making it to the national side for the 2027 World Cup remains open. However, Gautam has reiterated the fact that both players have indicated that fitness will be a major parameter for both the cricketers if they are to don the blue jersey again at the 2027 World Cup.
The big ask is can India rely on 40-year-old Rohit Sharma and 38-year-old Virat Kohli yet again for the 2027 World Cup. India which is brimming with talent has to look beyond the “RoKo” duo in the years to come.
