{"id":409328,"date":"2024-01-14T03:27:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T03:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/01\/14\/all-eyes-on-virat-kohli-and-rohit-sharma-as-india-face-afghanistan-in-2nd-t20i-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T03:27:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T03:27:27","slug":"all-eyes-on-virat-kohli-and-rohit-sharma-as-india-face-afghanistan-in-2nd-t20i-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/01\/14\/all-eyes-on-virat-kohli-and-rohit-sharma-as-india-face-afghanistan-in-2nd-t20i-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"All eyes on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as India face Afghanistan in 2nd T20I | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>INDORE: Normally, it\u2019s difficult to find interest in a bilateral game, that too involving India and Afghanistan. <br \/>However, the second T20I between these teams at the Holkar Stadium here has plenty of excitement in stores. <br \/>On Sunday, for the first time since the 2022 T20 World Cup semifinal exit \u2014 when Team India suffered a ten-wicket thrashing at the hands of England in Adelaide, cricket icons <!-- -->Virat Kohli<!-- -->, who will replace Tilak Varma in all likelihood, and <!-- -->Rohit Sharma<!-- --> will feature together in a T20I. Both were out of India\u2019s side for the shortest format for the past 14 months, but, in a debatable decision, were thrown a T20I lifeline by India\u2019s selectors when they were recalled for this series. While Rohit was run out for a duck in the first T20I in Mohali, Kohli missed the game due to personal reasons. <\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Embed-GFX1-1401-\" msid=\"106827575\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-106827575,width-600,resizemode-4\/106827575.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The few spectators who gathered to watch Team India practice at this venue on Saturday had a rare chance to watch Rohit and Kohli bat in adjacent nets. <\/p>\n<p>Desperately in search of runs, Rohit later trained at the nets near the match wicket too, while Kohli batted in three different nets, facing India\u2019s pacers Arshdeep Singh and Mukesh Kumar, and legspinner Ravi Bishnoi, besides taking on the net bowlers. Since the T20 World Cup semifinal, the selectors took a policy decision to keep both Rohit and Kohli out of India\u2019s T20I team, while trying out many youngsters, with <!-- -->Hardik Pandya<!-- --> at the helm. <\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Embed-GFX2-1401-\" msid=\"106827584\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-106827584,width-600,resizemode-4\/106827584.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, injuries to Pandya and <!-- -->Suryakumar Yadav<!-- -->, and the \u2018unavailability\u2019 of \u2019keeper-bat <!-- -->Ishan Kishan<!-- -->, cut down the batting options for the selectors, who were literally forced to give the ageing duo another shot at T20I glory. <br \/>Still, the brilliance and experience that the duo bring at this level can\u2019t be ignored. <br \/>Fans still remember how Kohli took down Pakistan\u2019s pacers during that match-winning, unbeaten 82 off 53 balls in Melbourne in 2022. <\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Embed-GFX3-1401-\" msid=\"106827593\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-106827593,width-600,resizemode-4\/106827593.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rohit, when he gets going, can be destructive too. <br \/>How the duo performs, in what is India\u2019s final T20I series before the T20 World Cup in the US and West Indies, will be interesting to see. <br \/>The Rohit-Kohli reunion apart, India will be delighted with the superb performance of allrounder Shivam Dube, who was crucial in India\u2019s six-wicket win in the first T20I.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? 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