{"id":16263,"date":"2026-06-03T13:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/before-they-retire-harsh-dubeys-rohit-sharma-and-virat-kohli-dream-come-true-moment-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:46:32","slug":"before-they-retire-harsh-dubeys-rohit-sharma-and-virat-kohli-dream-come-true-moment-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/before-they-retire-harsh-dubeys-rohit-sharma-and-virat-kohli-dream-come-true-moment-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Before they retire&#8230;&#8217;: Harsh Dubey&#8217;s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli &#8216;dream come true moment&#8217; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131478027,imgsize-1202478,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/131478027.jpg\" alt=\"'Before they retire...': Harsh Dubey's Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli 'dream come true moment'\" title=\"Harsh Dubey's dream of playing alongside Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Image: X)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Harsh Dubey's dream of playing alongside Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Image: X)\">Harsh Dubey&#8217;s dream of playing alongside Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Image: X)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/harsh-dubey\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Harsh Dubey<\/a> expressed his excitement about sharing a dressing room with Indian cricket legends <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/virat-kohli\/3993\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Virat Kohli<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> after receiving his maiden call-up to the senior national team. The 23-year-old Vidarbha and Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder was named in both India&#8217;s ODI and Test squads for the upcoming home series against Afghanistan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The youngster admitted it took him several minutes to process the news, especially the prospect of sharing a dressing room with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, two players he has admired throughout his cricketing journey.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>&#8220;If you ask any young cricketer who they want to play with right now, the first two names will be Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. I have grown up watching them. Ever since I started understanding cricket, they have been performing for India and dominating world cricket. <!-- -->So, getting a chance to play with them is a huge achievement for me,&#8221; Dubey said on Jiostar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>&#8220;I always wanted to play alongside at least one legend before they retire or whenever their final phase comes. Even if I get to play one match with them, it will be a dream-come-true moment for me,&#8221; he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Dubey revealed that he learned about his selection through a bizarre misunderstanding while waiting out a flight delay at Chennai airport with his SRH teammates. Speaking to JioStar, Dubey recalled receiving a phone call from a sports social media manager asking how it felt to be selected in the ODI squad. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>\u201cWe had reached the airport and found out our flight was delayed by an hour. I got a call from someone managing a cricket social media page, asking how I felt about my name being in the ODI series. Because of the noise and network issues in the lounge, I thought he was referring to the Sri Lanka A ODI tri-series, so I said it felt like one step closer to the dream and that my focus was still on the <!-- -->IPL<!-- -->.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>\u201cAs soon as I hung up, I started getting messages saying I had received both the Test and ODI call-ups. I was confused because the squad had just been announced, so I quickly checked online and saw the news. It honestly took me a few minutes to process what had happened. Even when Murali sir asked me who the other spinners in the squad were, I told him I had only seen my own name. It genuinely felt like I was dreaming,\u201d Dubey stated.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/before-they-retire-harsh-dubeys-rohit-sharma-and-virat-kohli-dream-come-moment\/articleshow\/131477884.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harsh Dubey&#8217;s dream of playing alongside Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Image: X) Harsh Dubey expressed his excitement about sharing a dressing room with Indian cricket legends Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma after receiving his maiden call-up to the senior national team. The 23-year-old Vidarbha and Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder was named in both India&#8217;s ODI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}