There has been a huge speculation around India’s upcoming three-match ODI series in Australia this October. It is expected that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be present in the national side. There were also a development which stated that Rohit and Virat might play India A matches for warm up but a new report indicates that very unlikely.
“See it’s highly unlikely that they will play the three India A games. No call has been taken on that and it will not be forced upon them,” said a senior BCCI official, according to a report by Times of India
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The official further stated that if Kohli and Rohit wanted to practice or warm up then they would opt to play one or two India A games.
“Only if they need some game time, you could see them play one, or even two, games before the Australia ODIs. But nothing has been finalised yet,” said the BCCI official further.
“They are very much fit and available for the Australia ODIs,” he said.
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On the structural front, selectors will first name the Irani Cup squad before finalizing the India A and senior squads for the Australian tour.
“Before the selectors decide the India A squad and then the India squads for the Australia tour, the Irani Cup squad will be announced and some selectors are set to watch the Duleep Trophy final in Bengaluru while Ajit Agarkar is with the team in Dubai,” the official said.
