Kohli, Rohit exits leave India facing uncertain new era

Top-order batsman Gill is the favorite to be given the task of starting India's rebuild with the five-Test England series, which begins on June 20 at Headingley.

Indian team that claimed a historic 2-1 series victory over Australia, marking the team’s first-ever Test series win on Australian soil and ending a 71-year-long wait. / X-BCCI

Indian cricket will enter an uncertain new era next week when selectors name a Test squad without all-time greats Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for the first time in more than a decade.

Batting great Kohli and captain Rohit both retired from Tests in the past week, leaving Shubman Gill as the front-runner to lead a new-look India in England.

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