Kris Srikkanth said that the star duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma must be picked if available in India’s T20 squad for the World Cup in June. Despite coming off stunning campaigns in the ODI World Cup, speculations were there on the selection of them in the T20I side. Notably, both Kohli and Rohit haven’t played in T20Is for India since losing the semi-final of the 2022 World Cup as well.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Srikkanth said, “If they say they are available, I don’t think you can drop them. If you want to give captaincy to Hardik, you can. But you have to also look at his (Hardik’s) fitness. Virat Kohli is a certainty. He is in great form. Rohit Sharma, maybe, is confident because of how he scored in the World Cup. He will regroup and try and do well in the IPL. If Rohit Sharma says I am available, you can’t say you will drop him.”

While Virat Kohli has been in sublime form in T20 for India and the IPL, Rohit has struggled a bit in the shortest format lately. However, they were the top two leading run-scorers in India’s final run in the recent ODI World Cup with 765 and 597 runs, respectively as well.

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However, Kris Srikkanth also feels Virat Kohli would be desperate to win a T20 World Cup before retirement as well. He also believed Rohit Sharma would be heartbroken with the way the recent ODI World Cup ended and he would like to win the T20 World Cup this year.

Virat Kohli was the highest run-getter in the 2022 T20 World Cup, scoring 296 runs at an average of 98.66 and a strike rate of 136.40. He was also the Player of the Tournament twice in T20 World Cups in 2014 and 2016 as well. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma struggled in the 2022 edition with an average of under 20 and a strike rate of only 106.42 in six games as well.

“Virat Kohli would definitely want to win a T20 World Cup. Moreover, last year only the T20 World Cup took place, 13 months back. Virat Kohli was in extraordinary form. At the end of the day, Rohit Sharma is also hurt that he has lost a World Cup. He would like to go out with a World Cup in his hand at least. He was there in the 2007 World Cup. He would want to do something similar, win a World Cup, and go out,” concluded Kris Srikkanth.