Crores of fans of Rohit and Virat are happy with a decision of BCCI, this year both will play 20 ODIs for Team India!

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli: Till May 31, Indian fans enjoyed the Indian Premier League 2026 a lot. As of now, IPL has ended. In such a situation, the fans are eagerly waiting for the matches to be played this year. This wait of the fans is about to end. Team India will play the series against Afghanistan in June this month. During this period, 1 Test and 3 ODI matches will be played between these two teams.

Meanwhile, considering the popularity of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has taken a big step. This year both these players are going to be seen playing more ODI matches. Now let us tell you how BCCI has prepared the plan for ODI matches for Rohit-Virat Kohli.

Rohit-Virat will play 20 ODI matches in 2026?

This year Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have played a total of 3 ODI matches so far. These matches took place during the home series against New Zealand. If we talk about the present time, IPL 2026 has ended. After this, the Indian team has to play 3 ODI matches against Afghanistan. Then the Indian team will go to England. At the same time, there are 3 ODI matches to be held between India vs England. After the tour of England, Team India has to go to Sri Lanka.

The Indian cricket team will again play 3 ODI matches in the Sri Lanka tour. After all this, India will play only 3 ODI matches against Bangladesh. At the end of the year 2026, the Indian team also has to tour West Indies and New Zealand. Shubman and Company are going to play a total of 8 ODI matches in the tour of these two countries. Accordingly, there were 20 matches of ODI cricket. Now Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are playing only ODI format after retirement from T20 and Test. In such a situation, it is expected that both these greats will play full 20 ODI matches before the ODI World Cup 2027.

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New Zealand series increases ODI matches

New Zealand announced the schedule of the series between India and New Zealand on Wednesday, June 3. Let us tell you that earlier 3 ODI matches were to be played during the series to be held between India and New Zealand in October-November, but its number has been increased to 5. This is the reason that after IPL, Team India will play a total of 20 matches by the end of this year.