"It is really good to see" - Harbhajan Singh opens up on Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma turning up for Vijay Hazare Trophy

Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has opened up on the Indian veteran batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma turning up for the domestic cricket, as directed by the Indian selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar.

Notably, Kohli and Rohit made their return to the Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign, scoring their respective centuries in the first round of the tournament. While Kohli scored 131 runs against Andhra, Rohit smacked a 155-run knock against Sikkim.

“It’s good to see, really good to see, that big players are also turning up for tournaments like these. When you go and play alongside domestic players, obviously, it boosts their confidence as well. Kohli going into Delhi’s dressing room is obviously a big, big learning experience for all those kids sitting there. It’s a huge lesson for them to see what Kohli does,” Harbhajan Singh said on his YouTube channel.

"Similarly, Rohit Sharma has gone into Mumbai’s dressing room. Although Mumbai has always been a very big team and has won a lot, I still feel that Kohli playing and Rohit playing is, in itself, a very big thing," he added.

While Rohit and Kohli bid adieu to the T20Is and Test formats, they have set their sights on the ICC ODI World Cup 2027, scheduled to take place in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. While Rohit was adjudged the player of the series in the Australia ODI series, Kohli won the player of the series award in the South Africa series at home.

“And both of them are scoring runs, which is a good sign. It doesn’t matter who you are playing against, but what matters are the conditions on the ground. This isn’t net practice. Scoring a hundred here is a big deal in itself. It becomes a habit, a good habit. When you know how to score runs, when you know how to make hundreds, that’s a good habit to have. It doesn’t matter whether you are playing domestic cricket, international cricket, or even fewer matches, because that same thing is what you carry forward. And for them today, this is a really big thing,” he concluded.

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