LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR SHARMA, KOHLI?

Focus will be on the duo when ODI squad for England series is announced in the next few days

- GOMESH S SYDNEY

OVER the last few days in Sydney, since India's loss in the fifth Test, the weather has mirrored the visitors' mood music. Gloomy. It's been raining intermittently and the weather is expected to be the same for the rest of the week as well. Even as the Indian players, after resting for a day or two, started to depart back home in batches, there is a lot to be mulled over. But there's not a lot of time.

In less than two weeks, the T20I squad will be assembling in Kolkata for the first of the five matches against England which begins on January 22. It is followed by three ODIs against the same opponents. While the T20I team is a new-look side filled with youngsters, some of the old guard are expected to return to the 50-over games, which will be the precursor to the Champions Trophy next month.