"Missed This King Pair": Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma's Return To T20I Squad Breaks Internet

Rohit Sharma will be leading the Indian cricket team in the upcoming T20I series against Afghanistan starting January 11 while Virat Kohli will be making his much-anticipated return to T20I cricket. Both Kohli and Rohit last played a T20I match in the T20 World Cup 2022 semifinal against England back in November 2022. The Indian cricket team fans were ecstatic about the long-awaited return of the two veteran stars in T20I cricket and they took to social media to express their pleasure at the development.

Welcome Back Legend in T20I Format

We Missed a Lot

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While Rohit's chances of leading India in the T20 World Cup has considerably brightened, the development comes across as a big blow to Hardik's captaincy ambitions at the global event in June.

Yes, we missed this king pair for 14 long months pic.twitter.com/yaf3NFKVOs

However, he has replaced Rohit Sharma as Mumbai Indians skipper for IPL 2024.

The T20I squad also features Sanju Samson and Jitesh Sharma, who will be the two glovesmen with Ishan Kishan being ignored for the shortest format.

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"Ishan wasn't happy that he was travelling without much game time. He is on a break right now and is vacationing. In any case, selectors are in all likelihood are looking beyond Kishan.

"It will be interesting if he is picked for England Test series where KS Bharat will be back behind the stumps," a BCCI source told PTI.

Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja, the two Test team certainties, have been rested and Ruturaj Gaikwad isn't fit to play yet.

All-rounder Shivam Dube has also been named in the squad in Hardik's absence.

The Afghanistan series will be India's last before the World Cup, which takes place right after the IPL.

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