WATCH: Rohit Sharma maintains composure despite getting mobbed at Mumbai airport with selfie requests

Rohit Sharma gets mobbed at Mumbai airport with selfie requests from fans. (Photo: X)

Two stalwarts of Indian cricket - Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are set to return in international cricket in the upcoming 3-match ODI series against Australia beginning on Sunday (October 19) in Perth. Both RoKo have reached Delhi, while Kohli reached Tuesday morning, Rohit arrived in the evening.

En-route his journey to Delhi, the former India skipper was spotted at the Mumbai airport. Fans were quick to spot him and he got mobbed with fans requesting selfies during his check-in procedure.

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Fans during the pictures tried to get close to him but the 38-year-old did not lose his composure and tried to entertain all the requests.

Rohit was seen wearing a blue T-shirt and blue jeans at the airport. His transformation has caught the attention of fans and everyone as he has reportedly lost close to nine-ten kilos.

Rohit Sharma clicks pictures with fans at Mumbai airport before leaving for Delhi. pic.twitter.com/s02ec6U9Bx

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BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla has shutdown all the reports suggesting that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will retire from the ODI format.

"It is going to benefit us a lot. They are great batsmen. We will succeed in defeating Australia with them in the team. It is absolutely wrong to say that this is their last ODI series. It depends on the players as to when they have to retire," he told ANI in Delhi after India beat West Indies by 7 wickets.

Coming to the duo's record against Australia, Kohli has an average of 51.04 with five centuries. Rohit Sharma too has five tons with an average of 53.12.

India’s ODI squad for Australia series

Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.