Sandeep Patil, ex-chairman of selectors when India last hosted the T20 World Cup, continues to be surprised as to why Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma don’t figure in India’s current World Cup squad through their retirements from the shortest form of the game.

“It puzzles me. Two greats, two legends, retire from the T20 format, but they are available to play the Indian Premier League (IPL). I don’t understand… they could have played T20 cricket for India and figured in the IPL. That would be something we all would’ve accepted,” Patil told an audience at a Cricket, Cocktails, and Controversy fireside chat with journalist Ayaz Memon, organised by The Indus Club, BKC on Saturday evening.