Australian great Ricky Ponting reckons the performance of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the ongoing ODI series Down Under will determine if the star India duo can carry on till the 2027 World Cup.

Playing their first game for India since March, Kohli and Rohit, who are now one-format players, did not last long against Australia’s potent pace attack on a bouncy Perth track. Having said that, it was also a collective batting failure for India who lost by seven wickets.