Rohit Sharma Retirement Hint Out With Huge Ajit Agarkar Development, Report Clears Picture

After serving Indian cricket for long, not just with his tremendous batting skills but also as a leader of the pack, skipper Rohit Sharma is likely to take a call on his ODI future after the conclusion of Champions Trophy, irrespective of the outcome. 'Captain Rohit' is tipped to become the second skipper after Mahendra Singh Dhoni to win more than one ICC event as India will enter the title clash against New Zealand as overwhelming favourites. After the T20 World Cup final in Barbados, both Rohit and Virat Kohli announced immediate retirement from the shortest format and now as the D-day looms, there is speculation that this could well be the last match for Rohit in India blues.

If sources in BCCI are to be believed, post-tournament Rohit and chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar are expected to discuss his future.

In Indian cricket, it is not always the selectors who decide on future of heavyweights but the players themselves in consonance with the decision makers in the board can decide. There are too many moving parts and it is not as binary as it might seem.

If India wins the Champions Trophy, the skipper could well announce it but it is understandable that he wanted to avoid retirement queries on the eve of the big final and hence didn't turn up for the press conference.

In fact, his deputy Shubman Gill stuck to the brief and said 'No discussions on retirement" which suggests how sensitive the matter is.

Also, Rohit and Kohli's retirements can't be bracketed together. It did happen after the T20 World Cup because in that format, there was nothing more for them to achieve at the international level.

But if other formats are analysed, Kohli is looking at 10,000 Test runs, already achieved by Steve Smith and Joe Root and