Veteran cricketers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are absent from recent Vijay Hazare Trophy matches. Sharma, who played two games for Mumbai, including a century and a duck, is expected to join the national camp on January 8. Kohli played two matches for Delhi, scoring a century and a half-century, and was slated to play three games before the ODI series against New Zealand begins on January 11.