Captain Rohit Sharma’s ODI will also be discharged? BCCI is making this preparation for 2027 World Cup

Team India veteran batsman and captain Rohit Sharma’s dream of playing 2027 World Cup is now seen in trouble. In 2027, South Africa will be the next ODI Cup, then Rohit will be 40 years old. In such a situation, according to all the media reports, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is planning to change the leadership in the ODI team.

According to a report, BCCI had hoped that Rohit would retire from the Test as well as retire from ODIs. But 38 -year -old Rohit decided to play ODI cricket, surprising everyone so that the dream of the 2027 World Cup could be fulfilled. Significantly, Rohit had brought India to the final in the 2023 World Cup, although he missed out on winning the title. He then won the T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy of 2025 to India. After winning the Champions Trophy final, Rohit said, “One more thing – I am not going to retire from ODI cricket. So that no rumor spreads.”

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BCCI is doing this planning

According to reports, BCCI is now thinking of change in ODI team. Team management also wants to hand over the command of this format to a young player in view of the future. BCCI has 27 ODIs before the 2027 World Cup, which will give a good chance to prepare the new captain. According to sources, Shreyas Iyer can get captaincy in place of Rohit Sharma. Iyer has reached the finals to three teams in the IPL and he has also won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to Mumbai.

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At the moment, Shreyas plays ODI only, but after this IPL it will be difficult to keep him out of T20 and Test cricket. Now he has officially joined the race for white-ball captaincy. Let us know that after winning the T20 World Cup, Rohit retired from T20. At the same time, recently Rohit also said goodbye to Test cricket. However, he had made it clear that he wants to play the World Cup of 2027.

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