Asia Cup 2025 : Rohit-Virat will not play in the upcoming Asia Cup; Reason revealed

There is good news for cricket fans. The schedule for the Asia Cup 2025 has been announced, and these thrilling matches will take place from September 9 to 28. During this time, Team India's famous duo Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were set to make a comeback together. This made cricket fans extremely happy.

Because both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired one after the other from Test matches. As a result, these two were not seen playing in the ongoing England tour matches. Team India, which is on the England tour, is trying to give its best performance for the fifth Test. After this, Team India was going to play T20i and ODI series in the Bangladesh tour.

During this ODI series, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were also going to be seen playing together. However, due to the postponement of this tour, this pair will remain away from cricket for a few more months. Along with this, there is important news for cricket fans, Virat and Rohit will not be able to play in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025 tournament. This will be a big shock for Virat and Rohit's fans.

What is the exact reason?

The reason behind this is that this year, the Asia Cup tournament will be played in the T20 format in the backdrop of the 2026 T20i World Cup. Also, after winning the 2024 World Cup, both Virat and Rohit retired from T20i cricket. Therefore, since the Asia Cup tournament will be played in the T20 format, both Virat and Rohit will not be able to play in the upcoming Asia Cup tournament.