Rohit Sharma will not play 2027 ODI World Cup, last series will be against Australia: Reports
Rohit Sharma was last seen playing for India in Champions Trophy 2025
According to the latest media reports, Indian ODI cricket team captain and experienced batsman Rohit Sharma will not be seen playing in the ICC ODI World Cup 2027. The ODI series against Australia later this year may prove to be the last series of Rohit’s international cricket career.
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It is worth noting that Rohit Sharma has been an important part of the Indian ODI team along with Virat Kohli for the last decade. Both of them participated in many ICC tournaments together and made many big records along with scoring lots of runs. However, now both are going through the last phase of their international cricket career.
After winning the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Rohit and Kohli said goodbye to T20 International cricket. At the same time, during IPL 2025, both of them also decided to retire from the biggest format of the game, Test cricket. Meanwhile, a big news has come out about Rohit.
Rohit’s decision to retire is being considered as part of India’s long-term strategy. By 2027, the Nagpur-born player will be 40 years old, and workload management as well as fitness is expected to be a major concern.
The team management led by head coach Gautam Gambhir reportedly wants to ensure that the next generation of players get a good experience of playing at the international level before the World Cup. Shubman Gill, who is already India’s Test captain and has recently been made the vice-captain of the Asia Cup team, is the frontrunner to become the ODI captain in place of Rohit.
A look at Rohit Sharma’s ODI career
On the other hand, if we give you information about the ODI career of 38-year-old Rohit, then till the time of writing the news, he has scored a total of 11168 runs in 273 ODIs played at an average of 48.77 and a strike rate of 92.81. During this time, Rohit’s bat has produced 58 half-centuries and 32 centuries in ODI cricket. Also, he is the only batsman to score three double centuries in ODI cricket.
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