India, Nov. 30 -- Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been accustomed to non-stop cricket for most of their careers. But retirements from T20Is and then Tests over the last year have reduced their workload to just one format. With the 2027 ODI World Cup still a long way off, the limited number of matches they are scheduled to play, apart from the IPL, has left the selectors worried. As a result, they have remained non-committal about including the duo in long-term World Cup plans.

According to a report in the Times of India, even the pair's turn-back-the-clock knocks in Sydney last month, highlighted by their record match-winning century stand for the second wicket, have not altered the selectors' stance. Not only have they remained non-co...