India, Sept. 4 -- Former India wicketkeeper-batter Deep Dasgupta strongly defended senior cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, asserting that no one has the authority to dictate when they should retire from international cricket. Dasgupta, who has been regularly covering the current Indian side as a broadcaster, emphasised that the decision to walk away from the game should rest solely with the players themselves.

"Nobody has got that right. We never told them to start, so we are nobody to tell them when to stop. They stop when they stop. It's completely up to them," Dasgupta told RevSportz when asked about the future of Kohli and Rohit beyond the Australia tour later this year.

Both Kohli and Rohit are now retired from T20Is and Te...