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On Sunday (October 19) at Perth’s Optus Stadium, when Indian and Australian players will face off in the first ODI of the three-match series, all eyes will be on the performances of former India captains Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The duo, who retired from T20Is on June 29, 2024, following India’s T20 World Cup title win and from Tests in May 2025, will play their first match for India since the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final, which India won by getting the better of New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on March 9.
In that fixture, Rohit top-scored for the Men in Blue and won the Player of the Match award as well. But a lot has changed since then. That time, he was the captain of the Indian team in Tests and ODIs, but now he is not part of the le