Indian captain Rohit Sharma is likely to draw the curtain on his illustrious T20I career to continue representing the side in ODI and Test.

As per the PTI report, the opening batter had discussed the same with the chief selector Ajit Agarkar before the start of the ODI World Cup 2023 where India finished as runners-up against Australia.

"It is not a new development. Rohit hasn't played any T20Is in past one year as the focus was on ODI World Cup. He had extensive discussions with chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar in this regard. He has himself volunteered to stay away from T20Is. It has completely been Rohit's call," a senior BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

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Rohit has not played a single T20I match for India after the crushing 10-wicket defeat against England in last year's T20 World Cup in Adelaide. In his absence, Hardik Pandya had led the side in the shortest format.

After Rohit, India have four openers -- Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad -- and all of them are proven IPL performers.

If the younger crop does not perform, the selectors or the BCCI brass might just ask Rohit to reconsider his current stand.

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It is understandable that at this stage of his career, Rohit would like to manage his workload and ensure that he remains mostly injury free for the remainder of his career.

It will be impossible to play three formats and IPL each year and with seven Test to be played between December 2023 to March 2024, the Indian skipper's focus will be mostly on red-ball cricket.

He still has a realistic chance of leading India to another World Test Championship (WTC) final in 2025 and his own form in traditional format has been superb since he started opening for India in 2019.

(With PTI inputs)