BIG COMMENT/ 'A Knockout Really': World Cup Winning Aussie All-Rounder Schools Critics Demanding Virat Kohli And Rohit Sharma's Retirement

Rohit Sharma-led India recently beat New Zealand in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. At the forefront of India's third ICC Champions Trophy victory were Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, two talismans of Indian cricket. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are no less than modern day legends and winning the Champions Trophy was destiny's reward for all the efforts they have put in to scale Indian cricket to greater heights. Winning two ICC trophies in a span of 10 months is no mere joke.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were also a part of the Indian team that won the World T20 for the second time in Barbados back in 2024. Two finals, two trophies and two blockbuster performances from Virat and Rohit on two different occasions. This is a testament to the fact that the big players get going, when the going gets tough and it matters. There were loads of speculations that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma might announce their retirement from ODIs, irrespective of the outcome of the Champions Trophy final, but it seems that they are not yet done with the fifty over format.

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Shane Watson Backs Virat Kohli And Rohit Sharma

Right after India won their third Champions Trophy after beating New Zealand in Dubai, skipper Rohit Sharma made his intentions very clear and ended all the speculations around his retirement once and for all. The Indian captain, while speaking at the post match press conference said that he has no intentions of retiring from ODI cricket at the moment and he will continue to represent India in the fifty over format.

Australian all-rounder and the winner of the 2015 World Cup Shane Watson has now backed both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and has said that the star duo have continued to deliver for India with the bat and that is the biggest reason behind their wish to extend their ODI career. Watson also went to the extent of saying that Kohli is still the greatest when it comes to run chases. The Aussie all-rounder also took a note of Rohit Sharma's stellar batting performance in the final.

Skipper Sharma was adjudged the player of the final, courtesy of his 83 ball 76 runs. Watson also feels that if the younger guys want to make it to the team, they need to break the door down by scoring loads of runs in the domestic circuit. 'They know how to perform under pressure, like we saw in the Champions Trophy. A knockout, really, nearly a knockout tournament, and they played incredibly well, especially when the team needed it the most' said Watson while speaking to Hindustan Times.

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Rohit Sharma Scripts History In Dubai

Courtesy of India's win over the Kiwis in Dubai, Rohit Sharma became only the second Indian skipper after MS Dhoni to win the T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy. Rohit also is the first Indian captain to win the World T20 and the Champions Trophy undefeated. 

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