India, Dec. 11 -- At 37 and 38 years old, respectively, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are discovering a new high in their batting. Having announced their retirements from T20Is and Tests, Kohli and Rohit are playing one-day internationals with renewed focus to make it to India's squad for the 2027 World Cup, which is still two years away. On the back of Kohli's terrific show in the South Africa ODIs, which saw him hammer 302 runs from three matches and Rohit's scores of 73, 121*, 57 and 75, the two made it to the top two of the ICC rankings for batters, where Rohit leads the chart, followed by Kohli at No. 2.

Surprisingly, though, the legendary Kapil Dev saw a strange side to it and suggested the two would be better off playing another sp...