{"id":335412,"date":"2025-08-11T09:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/335412\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:51:18","slug":"virat-kohli-rohit-sharma-to-play-vht-heres-how-many-runs-they-scored-last-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/335412\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma To Play VHT? Here&#8217;s How Many Runs They Scored Last Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rohit-sharma-virat-kohli-BCCI-2025-07-bf369661f24b64549de08833beb9659f.jpg\" alt=\"Vijay Hazare Trophy, \u0935\u093f\u091c\u092f \u0939\u091c\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u091f\u094d\u0930\u0949\u092b\u0940, English Keywords: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, BCCI, Gautam Gambhir, 2027 ODI World Cup, Ranji Trophy\" title=\"Vijay Hazare Trophy, \u0935\u093f\u091c\u092f \u0939\u091c\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u091f\u094d\u0930\u0949\u092b\u0940, English Keywords: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, BCCI, Gautam Gambhir, 2027 ODI World Cup, Ranji Trophy\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"\/><\/p>\n<p> With no Indian cricket for a month after the England tour, speculation surrounds Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma\u2019s ODI future. (BCCI Photo)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rohit-sharma-virat-kohli-afp-3-2025-05-34cf28e698bfacc3dedb797b76446e0c.jpg\" alt=\"rohit sharma, virat kohli test cricket record india retirement\" title=\"rohit sharma, virat kohli test cricket record india retirement\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Both have retired from Tests and T20Is. Over the past six months, whether directly or indirectly, both have tended to suggest that they are focussed solely on the 2027 ODI World Cup in Africa.<br \/>(AFP Photo)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rohit-sharma-virat-kohli-afp-4-2025-07-3ac7c3b80ada3ae80648841aae51520d.jpg\" alt=\"rohit sharma, virat kohli india test cricket retirement u-turn\" title=\"rohit sharma, virat kohli india test cricket retirement u-turn\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> A Dainik Jagran report claims the Australia series in October could be their last ODIs unless they commit to playing until 2027.<br \/>(AFP Photo)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gautam-gambhir-rohit-sharma-virat-kohli-PTI-2-2025-05-b3cb82d3cb8ec5d109d474e12e90882a.jpg\" alt=\"gautam gambhir, rohit sharma, virat kohli india cricket team odi world cup 2027\" title=\"gautam gambhir, rohit sharma, virat kohli india cricket team odi world cup 2027\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> BCCI sources in the report suggest they may need to play the Vijay Hazare Trophy, India&#8217;s premier domestic 50-over competition, in December to remain in contention. This mirrors the Ranji Trophy participation rule before selection for the England tour earlier this year. (PTI Photo)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/virat-kohli-rohit-sharma-bcci-ipl-2025-05-5fec46e2f2a04dbdd9aabb56e71d273a.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 7000 runs, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, IPL history, Gujarat Titans, IPL 2025\" title=\"IPL 7000 runs, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, IPL history, Gujarat Titans, IPL 2025\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Given how established they have been in the Indian team for the past decade and a half, they haven&#8217;t played much domestic cricket. (BCCI Photo)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/virat-kohli-rcb-IPL-2025-1-2025-05-8c6a131ea3b8a6ad72f523d1cb0e6f10.jpg\" alt=\"virat kohli royal challengers bengaluru ipl 2025 final\" title=\"virat kohli royal challengers bengaluru ipl 2025 final\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Virat Kohli&#8217;s last List A appearance for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy was in 2010 on February 18 against Services in Gurgaon. Kohli was the captain of the team, and Delhi won that match by 113 runs. The skipper scored 16 (8) while batting at number five. (BCCI Photo)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/virat-kohli-test-captain-2025-06-f17bbe6c2c4b09f5b309b997e9a5b7a3.png\" alt=\"virat kohli test captain india records\" title=\"virat kohli test captain india records\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> The VHT has played a major role in promoting Kohli&#8217;s career. He scored 534 runs in seven matches in the 2008-09 season, the highest. His four centuries in the edition remained a record till 2022-23 when Narayan Jagadeesan broke it. (AFP image)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-7-2025-06-478fba7249a13261f220a88fbdf2ed7f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Rohit Sharma, meanwhile, made his last VHT appearance in the knockouts of the 2018 edition. He played just two matches, scoring an unbeaten 33 in the quarter-final against Bihar and 17 off 24 in the semi-final against Hyderabad. (Picture credit: ICC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With no Indian cricket for a month after the England tour, speculation surrounds Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,32441,16384,79,16,15,119378,4221],"class_list":{"0":"post-335412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-indian-cricket-team","10":"tag-rohit-sharma","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-vijay-hazare-trophy","15":"tag-virat-kohli"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115009518779691260","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}