{"id":497994,"date":"2024-01-07T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T07:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=497994"},"modified":"2024-01-07T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T07:34:49","slug":"sunil-gavaskar-backs-virat-kohli-rohit-sharma-to-play-t20-world-cup-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/sunil-gavaskar-backs-virat-kohli-rohit-sharma-to-play-t20-world-cup-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunil Gavaskar backs Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma to play T20 World Cup 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has backed Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to make a comeback in T20Is, especially with the World Cup in sight. As the 20 teams build up towards the mega event, the cricketing circles in India are amidst an important discussion regarding the potential comeback of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gavaskar said that besides their batting prowess, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli remain brilliant on the field, adding further firepower to the Indian lineup. Speaking to the media Gavaskar said Virat Kohli\u2019s form has been outstanding for the past 1.5 years. He said Virat played brilliantly at the ODI World Cup. He said there should be no debate over Virat\u2019s batting prowess in limited-overs cricket. Gavaskar added both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are excellent fielders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sunil Gavaskar states why Virat Kohli should be a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamIndia<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/T20WorldCup2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#T20WorldCup2024<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imVkohli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imVkohli<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ViratKohli%F0%93%83%B5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ViratKohli\ud80c\udcf5<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ViratGang?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ViratGang<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5i8Ptm5JT7\">pic.twitter.com\/5i8Ptm5JT7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ViratGang (@ViratGang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ViratGang\/status\/1743483470259916922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said a player slows down when reaches 35-36 years and the throw is also not good anymore. He said there are discussions over where one has to keep a player while setting the field. Gavaskar said it was not a problem for these two players as both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are terrific fielders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/12th_khiladi\/status\/1743544305032298916\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rohit and Kohli\u2019s last appearance for India was in the 2022 T20 World Cup, where the team experienced a semi-final exit. According to reports both Vrat Kohli and Rohit Sharma along with KL Rahul have been phased out of T20Is due to their dwindling strike rates but with the 2024 edition of the tournament approaching, reports are also suggesting thaht they might make a comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Rohit was phased out, Hardik Pandya assumed the leadership role, although without a formal announcement. His prolonged absence made Pandya the likely captain for the upcoming World Cup. Rohits\u2019s potential comeback has reignited the leadership discussions now. Gavaskar believes that it is paramount for him and Kohli to make a return to T20Is for the World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gavaskar said that besides their batting prowess, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli remain brilliant on the field, adding further firepower to the Indian lineup. Speaking to the media Gavaskar said Virat Kohli\u2019s form has been outstanding for the past 1.5 years. He said Virat played brilliantly at the ODI World Cup. He said there should be no debate over Virat\u2019s batting prowess in limited-overs cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":497996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Sunil Gavaskar backs Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma to play T20 World Cup 2024","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1525,6,110599],"tags":[100284,3366,7523,145604],"yst_prominent_words":[],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2024\/01\/07125826\/Rohit-_2_-_1_.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497994"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=497994"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=497994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->