With stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma hanging up their boots from T20Is after India’s T20 World Cup triumph last year, speculations about their future in the ODI format are doing the rounds ahead of India’s Champions Trophy final against New Zealand on Sunday. Vice captain Shubman Gill, however, downplayed these talks saying that Indian dressing room is not discussing retirement of the two modern-day greats.
“There is no talk about retirement in the dressing room, now,” Gill said during the pre-match press conference ahead of New Zealand match.
Both Kohli and Rohit have guided India to an unbeaten run to the final with Kohli scoring one century along the way. Rohit, meanwhile, hasn’t had a big score this tournament but has provided India with strong starts with his aggressive batting.
The Punjab batter also talked about India’s batting depth before the all important final in Dubai.
“This is the best batting line up I am part of. Rohit is one of the best openers (in the world) and Virat, we need not tell about him. But our team has depth in batting and that allows the top order to bat with bit more freedom,” he said.
“We are all excited for the final. Last time we could not win the 50 over World Cup but we are determined to win this time. There will be big match pressure. But whichever team deals with pressure will win the final. We just need to take it like any other match, and good teams will do that. We have played four matches here and done well, so there is no added pressure on us,” he added.
