Delhi: Till now this question was never raised. Since now he has retired from two formats, this question has come out. These days Team India will play Test series in England and Virat has retired from this format. So the question is, when will Virat Kohli be seen playing next time?

Play in 2025 English cricket season

By the way, they were seen playing these days, but the matter did not work. As soon as he retired from his Test, seeing his leisure, England’s Middlesex (Head Quarters: Lords, London) tried to play in the 2025 English cricket season.

Since Virat lives in England, in London, he would not have to travel much while playing for middlesex. He is still a cricketer with Central Contract with BCCI, so he would not have difficulty in getting NOC from BCCI for county championship matches but not playing white ball cricket.

Virat Kohli playing in England

Virat Kohli’s playing in England could prove to be a big attraction of the English cricket season, it can be gauged from the fact that MCC (his headquarters also Lords, London) also gave a proposal to distribute the expenses of playing Virat’s play without delay. When there was talk of playing for his Surrey before India’s 2018 England tour and everything was decided, he had chosen the county of London itself.

ODI series will start in Dhaka on August 17

However, the matter was not made and now Virat will be seen playing only when Team India will play the next ODI series/tournament. This means that now they can return to international cricket in August. Then India has to go to Bangladesh for the white ball cricket series (3 ODI +3 T20) and Virat is currently playing ODI. The ODI series will start on August 17 at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. This is followed by the next two matches on August 20 and 23 August.

India’s Australia Tour

Australia is a special tour of India in October this year. Australia’s biggest attraction from the perspective of Test cricket in this 2025-26 season is Ashes, but in white ball cricket, a series against India which has 3 ODIs and 5 T20 matches. After that, in November-December 2025, the South Africa team will come to India and it is to be played on November 30 and on December 3 and 6.

Has retired from Test format

Not only Virat, this program is also true for Rohit Sharma because he too has retired from T20 International and Test format with Virat Kohli. So now the focus of these two will be only on ODI cricket and both have already said that 2027 ODIs in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia are at the top of their list and that will be the last place of cricket career.

Whether the selectors keep them in their World Cup scheme till then, it is not yet decided. Experts like Sunil Gavaskar have clearly said that it will be very difficult for both to make a place in the World Cup 2027 team.

Bangladesh tour is questioned

The possibility of any change in this entire program cannot be ignored. In the current political situation, there is a question mark on the Bangladesh tour. If this tour is canceled, then you might have to wait more to see Virat and Rohit playing for India.