Former India captain and selector Dilip Vengsarkar has a question for the Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel who named Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the ODI team set to play a series in Australia this month. Rohit will be 40 by the time the 2027 World Cup arrives while Kohli will be 37.

“… since they have not been playing Test match cricket as well as T20s, and are playing only one format, one-day matches, which is not very often played during the season, it’s very difficult to gauge their form and fitness. But since they have been picked, the selectors may have checked that, though I don’t know how,” Vengsarkar told Mid-Day.

Vengsarkar also said that Shubman Gill is the best choice to lead the ODI team. “Gill is the best person to lead the side in ODIs and Test matches because he is a

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