Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma are still in the A+ category despite retirement in BCCI contracts?
Control Board for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Devjit Saikia on Wednesday confirmed that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will maintain their grade A+ contracts despite retiring from T20I and Test cricketBoth players were included in the highest grade category along with Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja in BCCI’s annual player retainship 2024-25.Devjit Saikia told ANI, “Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s Grade A+ Contract T20 Eye and will continue despite the retirement from the Test. They are still part of the Indian cricket team, and they will get all the facilities of Grade A+.”Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket before the upcoming five-match England tour, which marks the start of India’s ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 campaign. In his 14 -year -old Test career, Kohli scored 9,230 runs at an average of 46.85, including 30 centuries and 31 half -centuries, not a highest score of 254.Quiz: Who is that IPL player?Kohli stands as India’s fourth largest run-run-gate in Test cricket after Sachin Tendulkar (15,921 runs), Rahul Dravid (13,265 runs), and Sunil Gavaskar (10,122 runs).
Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket on 7 May before the tour of England. His Test career spread 67 matches in 11 years, during which he scored 4,301 runs at an average of 40.57 with 12 centuries and 18 half -centuries. In 2019, his highest score of 212 against South Africa came.Both players had earlier announced their retirement from T20 International after 2024 T20 World Cup. Virat Kohli dominated the T20 World Cup format and scored 1,292 runs in 35 matches, an average of 58.72 and 128.81 strike rates, including 15 half -centuries.
In his overall T20I career, Kohli scored 4,188 runs in 125 matches at an average of 48.69 and a strike rate of 137.04, including a century and 38 fifties. He ended as the second largest run-goldter in T20i cricket.Rohit Sharma concluded his T20I career with an average of 32.05 with 4,231 runs in 151 matches and with more than 140 strike rates. His impressive records include five centuries and 32 fifties, not the highest score of 121, making him a leading run-scorer in the format.
