With only one year remaining for the 2024 T20 World Cup, former India captain and coach Ravi Shastri believes it is time to provide young players with the opportunities in the shortest format.
He further expressed his intention to preserve the experience and form of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for the challenges of ODI and Test cricket, while simultaneously nurturing and blooding talented youngsters in the exhilarating arena of the shortest format.
“Virat (Kohli) and Rohit (Sharma) are right where Sachin, Rahul Dravid, and Sourav (Ganguly) and (VVS) Laxman were. So, you know there is a template before you. If Virat and Rohit do not rule themselves out of T20, then it is up to form, one year is a long time. You will pick the best guys at that time, and then of course experience will also count, fitness will count,” Ravi Shastri told ESPNcricinfo.
“Players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are proven, you know what they are all about.so that they get the opportunities and exposure, whilst you keep the likes of Virat and Rohit fresh for ODI cricket and Test cricket,” he added.