Rohit’s ‘Virat’ awaits, but Kohli has tasted it, will his dream come true in a changed role?

New Delhi. The start of the ODI World Cup is exactly one month away and the official announcement of Team India is about to take place. However, 15 players were finalized two days ago for the World Cup, which will be formally approved on Tuesday. Rohit Sharma will lead this team. This will be his first World Cup as a captain and third time as a player.

Interestingly, among the players who have been finalized for the 2023 World Cup, Virat Kohli is the only one who has been a part of the World Cup winning team. Let us tell you that in 2011 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India won the World Cup after waiting for 28 years. Rohit Sharma did not make it to the squad but Virat was included.

Virat Kohli played a crucial innings of 35 runs in the World Cup final against Sri Lanka and shared a 93-ball 83-run partnership with Gautam Gambhir for the third wicket while chasing a target of 275 runs. This partnership played an important role in India’s victory. Kohli scored 282 runs at an average of 35 in 9 matches in the 2011 World Cup. He also scored 1 century and half century. However, a few years after this World Cup, he became the captain of India’s Test and ODI teams.

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In the 2019 World Cup, Virat Kohli was the captain of Team India and Rohit Sharma was the vice-captain. Dhoni was also included in that team but India could not win the title. Team India was eliminated after losing to New Zealand in the semi-final and Kohli’s dream of winning the World Cup as captain after one player was left unfulfilled. Rohit was the top scorer in that World Cup. He scored five centuries. Once again these two will enter the World Cup and this time the roles have changed. Rohit will remain the captain and Virat will enter as a player. In such a scenario, it will be interesting to see whether the work that was left unfinished 4 years ago will be completed this time in a changed role.

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