India, Sept. 14 -- Virat Kohli's name will be a huge absence in the playing XI when India take on Pakistan in their upcoming Asia Cup fixture, on Sunday in Dubai. Kohli announced his T20I retirement after India won the 2024 T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma did the same, and Suryakumar Yadav was appointed as the new T20I skipper.

In the 2022 T20 World Cup, Kohli was instrumental in India's win against Pakistan at the MCG. India were chasing 160 and were stuttering at 31/4, but Kohli staged a fightback with the help of Hardik Pandya in a fifth-wicket stand. Then Kohli also smacked Haris Rauf for two sixes in the last over, with R Ashwin finishing it off. The RCB star remained unbeaten at 82 off 53 balls.

Speaking to India Today, Sunil Gavaskar...