Indian cricket legendary batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli recently announced to retire from Test cricket. Mushuhar Rohit, in the name of ‘Hitman’, announced his retirement from Test cricket on 7 May. Whereas on May 12, King Kohli also decided to say goodbye to this format. Rohit and Virat had already said goodbye to T20 International. In such a situation, now both players will be seen representing the Indian team only in ODI cricket.
Rohit-Kohli’s eyes on 2027 World Cup
After retirement from T20I and Tests, Roko (Rohit-Kohli) will focus on ODI cricket. It is being said that Rohit and Virat’s final goal is the ODI World Cup 2027, where both veteran would like to bid farewell to international cricket with title win. Let us know that the ODI World Cup of 2027 is to be held in the joint host of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in the month of October-November. That is, there is still more than two years left in that World Cup.
If seen, the Indian team is going to get at least 27 ODIs for the preparation of World Cup 2027. That is, Rohit and Kohli will have a big platform for the preparations for the World Cup. According to the current schedule, the Indian team will play ODI series against eight different countries before the ODI World Cup 2027. During this time, New Zealand will be the only team against which Team India will play ODI series twice. After the Champions Trophy 2025, now India’s journey in ODIs will be from the series against Bangladesh, which is to be in the month of August.
Indian team’s ODI matches before the World Cup of 2027
1. India tour of India (August 2025): 3 ODIs
First ODI: August 17, Mirpur
Second ODI: August 20, Mirpur
Third ODI: August 23, Chittagong
2. India tour of India (October 2025): 3 ODIs
First ODI: October 19, Perth
Second ODI: 23 October, Adelaide
Third ODI: 25 October, Sydney
3. South Africa’s visit to India (November-December 2025): 3 ODIs
First ODI: 30 November, Ranchi
Second ODI: 03 December, Raipur
Third ODI: 06 December, Visakhapatnam
4. India tour of New Zealand (January 2026): 3 ODIs
5. Afghanistan’s visit to India (June 2026): 3 ODIs
6. India’s England tour (July 2026): 3 ODIs
7. West Indies tour of India (September-October 2026): 3 ODIs
8. New Zealand tour of India (October-November 2026): 3 ODIs
9. Sri Lankan tour of India (December 2026): 3 ODIs
Anyway, captain Rohit Sharma’s biggest dream is still not fulfilled. This dream is to win the 50 -overs World Cup. When the Indian team won the ODI World Cup in 2011, Rohit was not part of that team. However, Virat Kohli was definitely a part of that team. That is, Kohli’s dream of winning the ODI World Cup was fulfilled long ago.
Rohit Sharma is still in the 2011 World Cup team not to be in the team. Rohit once said about this, ‘To be honest, I did not watch the rest of the World Cup matches except the semi -finals and the finals. I was quite disappointed and I did not want to see. Every time I turned on the TV, I felt that I could have been there.
Rohit Sharma, who has scored three double centuries in ODI, has said many times, he wants to win the World Cup with 50 overs. Rohit Sharma says this, ‘The World Cup of 50 overs is the real World Cup for me. We have grown up watching the 50 -over World Cup. I want to win that World Cup.
Rohit Sharma’s ODI International Career
* 273 matches, 11168 runs, 48.76 average
* 32 centuries, 58 half -centuries, 92.80 strike rate
* 1045 fours, 344 sixes, 9 vricates
Virat Kohli’s ODI International Career
*302 ODIs, 290 innings, 14181 runs, 57.88 average
*51 centuries, 74 half -centuries, 5 wickets, 93.34 strike rate
*1325 fours, 152 sixes