Ahmedabad, Oct. 4 -- Chief selector Ajit Agarkar has affirmed that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will continue to be the linchpins in India's dressing room and are hopeful that they will continue to experience success in the ODI format during the twilight phase of their careers. However, Agarkar was quick to stress that when players are available, they should compete in domestic tournaments.

On Saturday, Agarkar dropped a bombshell by confirming that he had personally conveyed to Rohit that the management had moved on from him and passed the captaincy baton to Shubman Gill from the upcoming series in Australia. Rohit had retired from T20Is last year and pulled the curtain down on his Test career after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Austral...