Former World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has said veteran duo Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are “irreplaceable” in the Indian team across formats and called them “same as Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni.”

Kohli announced retirement from T20Is after delivering a match-winning knock of 76 in India’s thirlling win in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa. Later, at the post-match  press conference, Rohit too announced that he was ending his T20I career.