Rohit and Virat will continue to play further!Image Credit source: PTI

The ODI series on Australia tour ended with a win for Team India. In the last match played in Sydney, India defeated Australia by 9 wickets without any problem. However, the series went in favor of Australia, who captured the trophy 2–1. But for the Indian fans, the result of the last match was more memorable than this series because Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were the stars of this victory. Rohit ended his journey in Australia in a memorable way by scoring a brilliant century, while Kohli also played an excellent half-century. If this was not enough, Rohit made it clear in a statement that at present neither of them is in a mood to retire.

In the last match of the ODI series in Sydney on Saturday 25 October, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli made an excellent partnership of 168 runs. On the basis of this partnership, both of them gave an easy victory to Team India by 9 wickets and returned unbeaten. Rohit played an inning of 121 runs, while Kohli also scored 74 runs. Rohit had a score of more than 50 for the second consecutive match, while Kohli played this match-winning innings after being out on 0 in 2 consecutive matches. With these innings, both the star batsmen made the fans happy and also raised hopes that maybe both of them will continue to play further.

Rohit expressed his feelings through gestures

The entire focus of this series was the career of Virat and Rohit. There was a lot of debate regarding the selection of both of them and it was also believed that after the Australia tour, the international career of both of them could come to an end. The way the series started for both, it must have scared the fans but in Sydney, Rohit and Virat ended this fear of the fans with their batting and then a statement. After the match, Rohit made it clear in the interview that both of them are not going to retire at the moment. In response to the questions of Ravi Shastri and Adam Gilchrist, Rohit said, "It has always been a pleasure to come and play here (Australia). My memories of 2008 have become fresh again. I don't know whether we (Rohit and Virat) will come to Australia again or not, but we enjoy our cricket."

Rohit made it clear with this statement that even though it may be difficult for him to tour Australia again, he is not thinking of giving rest to his bat at the moment. Along with this, the former Indian captain gave another statement indicating to continue playing further. He said, "When I came to the Indian team, the senior players helped me. Now it is our (Rohit and Virat's) job to guide the youngsters. We have to plan and take care of the basics."

Will Gambhir and Agarkar also support?

Now both the star batsmen have answered the questions of retirement with their performance and statements. Beyond this, the decision is in the hands of head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar. Did both of them see in the performance of Virat and Rohit that they should be selected in the next series also? Its decision will be taken in the next few weeks, when the team will be selected for the ODI series against South Africa. This series will start from November 30 in Ranchi. Now the fans will only hope that they get to see the pair of Rohit-Kohli again.