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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. (PIC - X)
New Delhi: Team India is currently playing a Test series in England but in the meantime, the atmosphere has been created for that match where both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be seen playing. Yes, don't be surprised, Cricket Australia has informed that all the tickets for the Sydney ODI of the India-Australia series to be held after four months have been sold out. India will tour Australia in October-November, where it will play three ODIs and five T20 Internationals, in which the last match will be held in Brisbane on November 8. Virat and Rohit will be seen playing in the ODI series because both have retired from Tests and T20s and this series is important for both in view of the 2027 ODI World Cup. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's Magic:
Cricket Australia informed that there is tremendous enthusiasm among Indian fans for the India-Australia ODI series to be held in October-November. Cricket Australia said in a statement, 'Tickets for Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) ODI and Manuka Oval (Canberra) T20I were sold out four months before the match, which shows the huge demand for these matches. At the same time, MCG T20I and Gabba T20I are also becoming very popular.'
CA said, 'After record ticket sales for the Ashes, there is also huge demand for white-ball matches, with more than 90,000 tickets sold for eight matches after only two weeks of ticket sales. CA said that more than 16 percent of the tickets sold so far have been bought by Indian fans' clubs. Bharat Army has been one of the most active fan clubs, buying more than 2,400. Fans India also showed tremendous enthusiasm and bought more than 1,400 tickets.' Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's Farewell Series:
Cricket Australia had also created the atmosphere of this series with the statement in which they talked about honoring Rohit-Virat Kohli. Cricket Australia had said that this Australia tour could be the last tour of Rohit and Virat, so there will be a demand to make this series special for both of them.
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