Senior Indian batting stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be “assessed” but it would be “silly” to put them on trial in each and every ODI that they play from here on, chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar said on Friday. “It will be silly to put them on trial for every game. Once they start playing, they will be assessed, but they are not on trial,” Agarkar said at the NDTV World Summit.

Reiterating what he said in Ahmedabad after announcing Shubman Gill as new ODI skipper a couple of weeks back, Agarkar once again avoided committing to their selection for the 2027 World Cup. “It doesn’t mean if they don’t get runs in Australia, they would be dropped and similarly if they score three tons in Australia, they would be selected for 2027 World Cup,” the former pacer said.