IND vs ENG: After 23 years, Team India came to play knockout match without Ro-Co! The record has been like this

By Sandy Verma On Mar 6, 2026

IND vs ENG: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are such big stars of Indian cricket in the present times that they are missed a lot. Team India is performing amazingly in the T-20 World Cup 2026. Due to which it is facing the English team in the semi-final match. In the match, Harry Brook won the toss and decided to bowl first. Meanwhile, let us tell you that surprisingly, Team India is going to play ICC knockout matches without Rohit or Virat after almost 23 years.

Team India will play semi-finals without Ro-Co after 23 years

Team India is playing in the knockouts of ICC events without Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli after almost 23 years. The last time this happened was in the 2003 ODI World Cup. At that time both the star players had not even made their debut. Rohit Sharma was a part of Team India in T-20 World Cup 2007. Virat Kohli was seen playing in the 2011 ODI World Cup.

From 2013 to 2025, both of them have played together in the knockouts of ICC events. In such a situation, after a long time, Team India is playing without these two greats. Now the young players will have to replace both the giants by performing amazingly in the knockout matches also. Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are now seen opening the batting. Last time this work was being done by the pair of Virat and Rohit.

2003 World Cup Final was the last ICC knockout match that India played without Virat Kohli/Rohit Sharma.
Today, after 23 years, India are playing an ICC knockout match without both of them.#T20WorldCup
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See the playing 11 of both the teams here

India (Playing 11): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.

England (Playing 11): Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethel, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacques, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid.

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