Cricket News Desk. The head coach of India, Gautam Gambhir, acknowledged that the agreement with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s absence will be a major challenge for the team, but his retirement from Test matches has also prepared a way for other players to come forward and take responsibility. Earlier this month, Kohli and Rohit retired from Test cricket in an interval of a week. The announcement was made before the main series of five games that will be played in England next month, for which the team is expected to be announced in Mumbai on Saturday. Gautam Gambhir told a media house: “I think it’s a very personal decision when you start playing and wanting to finish. No one has this right. Whether it’s a coach, an appraiser or someone in this country, no one has the right to say when to retire and when you don’t have to retire and when it comes from within.” With its departure, India not only needs a new test captain, but also needs two most experienced players. Gambhir acknowledged that it would not be easy to meet leadership and lack of experience. “Yes, we have to play without two senior players so we can become really experienced players. And sometimes I think it’s an opportunity for some other people to say it by raising hands: “Okay, I’m ready for it.” He compared it to the Indian Champion Trophy victory, despite the absence of fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. “So yes, it will be difficult, but then people will definitely raise their hands, because this question has been asked to me before. Even in the champion trophy. ‘ He said: “When Jasprit wasn’t Bumrah, I said the same, no one can play a player who can give another person the chance to do something special for the country, hope there will be other people waiting for the event.” Kohli and Rohit said goodbye to the test and T20 formats, but they will still be available to India in ODIs. Asked if both can make a place in the team for the 2027 ODI World Championships, Gambhir said: “Look, it has a lot of time. We still have a T20 World Championship and it is also a big tournament that will be in February March in India.” “So the attention will be at the T20 World Championships after England, and there are two and a half years left in November -December 2027. And I’ve always said one thing -if you go well, age is just a number.” Share this story -tags
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