Veteran Team India batter Virat Kohli will next feature for India’s ODI team against Bangladesh on August 17, 2025 after his triumphant IPL season with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). Kohli is on schedule to take part in the three-game 50-over series scheduled to take place in Mirpur and Chattogram.
Team India’s national team schedule awaits, but the cricketer will only take part in 1 out of 3 formats after IPL 2025. Kohli retired from T20I cricket in mid-2024 before his sudden exit from Test cricket in May 2025.
Upcoming ODI Fixtures Virat Kohli May Feature in for Team India
Fans should expect to see Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the upcoming fifty-over series against Bangladesh. Other games that may see the veteran batters feature in ODI action include:
| Series | ODI | Date | Venue |
| India in Bangladesh 2025 | 1st | 17 August 2025 | Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur |
| 2nd | 20 August 2025 | Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur | |
| 3rd | 23 August 2025 | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | |
| India in Australia 2025 | 1st | 19 October 2025 | Perth Stadium (D/N) |
| 2nd | 23 October 2025 | Adelaide Oval (D/N) | |
| 3rd | 25 October 2025 | Sydney Cricket Ground (D/N) | |
| South Africa in India 2025 | 1st | 30 November 2025 | JSCA Stadium, Ranchi (D/N) |
| 2nd | 3 December 2025 | Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, Raipur (D/N) | |
| 3rd | 6 December 2025 | ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam (D/N) | |
| New Zealand in India 2026 | 1st | 5 January 2026 | Venue TBA |
| 2nd | 8 January 2026 | Venue TBA | |
| 3rd | 11 January 2026 | Venue TBA |
Aussie Cricket Veteran Believes Kohli, Sharma, and Dhoni Will Be at IPL 2026
Former Australia team captain Michael Clarke believes India’s aging star trio will be at the next IPL for their respective franchises:
“I think MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play in next year’s IPL. MS Dhoni is massive. Every time Chennai plays, even in away games, there are more Chennai fans than any other fan. Sponsors, they are there because of MS Dhoni. The fans, they are there because of MS Dhoni,” Clarke said.
‘King’ Dhoni will stay at Chennai next season
He went further to dub MS Dhoni as the “King of Chennai Super Kings” and believes the side will want him in their squad next season:
“He is the king of that franchise. They want him to keep playing and I don’t think people realise the impact. When he decides to retire, it will be a huge loss to the franchise,” the retired cricketer said.
“Impact player doesn’t help IPL”
Clarke believes the Impact Player rule will remain active at IPL 2026; however, he doesn’t believe it positively affects the game in India:
“The impact player will stay. I don’t think the rule helps Indian cricket. It is great for the tournament. You don’t do it in the international level. With regards to the IPL, they’ll keep the impact player in,” he concluded.
Top Virat Kohli Records in ODI Cricket
Kohli is one of the most-prolific batters in fifty-over history. The talented cricketer holds several records throughout his career in the format. His top ODI records are below:
| Category | Record Description | Rank/Position | Value |
| Batting: Most Runs | Most runs in career | 3rd | 14,181 |
| Most runs in a series | 1st | 765 | |
| Batting: Averages & Strike Rates | Most hundreds in a career | 1st | 51 |
| Batting: Hundreds | Most hundreds against one team | 1st | 10 |
| Hundreds in consecutive innings | 2nd | 3 | |
| Batting: Fifties | Most fifties in career | 2nd | 125 |
| Batting: Boundaries | Most fours in career | 4th | 1,325 |
| Most fours in an innings | 10th | 22 | |
| Batting: Fastest Career Runs | Fastest to 10,000 runs | 1st | 205 innings |
| Fastest to 11,000 runs | 1st | 222 innings | |
| Fastest to 12,000 runs | 1st | 242 innings | |
| Fastest to 13,000 runs | 1st | 267 innings | |
| Fastest to 14,000 runs | 1st | 287 innings | |
| Fielding | Most catches in career | 2nd | 161 |
| Most player-of-the-match awards | 3rd | 43 | |
| Most player-of-the-series awards | 2nd | 11 |
Is Kohli Retiring from ODI Soon?
Virat believes he still has something to offer the national team in 50-over cricket. Kohli suggests that his longevity in the format and success in recent years will help Team India secure more laurels before his eventual retirement:
“I try to speak to these guys [young players] as much as possible, try to share my experience, how I’ve been able to play for so long, try to step in wherever I can to help improve their games and yeah, it’s only, as they rightly say, when you leave, you want to leave the place in a better position,” Kohli told reporters during a recent interview.
The ex-ODI skipper believes Team India has a strong chance to dominate cricket ahead of their rivals throughout the next decade:
“That’s our effort, you know, that’s what we’re striving for that when eventually we are finally done at whatever stage, we have a squad that’s ready to take on the world for the next 8-10 years, and these guys definitely have the talent to do so,” the star batsman concluded.
