Rohit Sharma, who led the Indian men’s cricket team to the ICC Champions Trophy title in March 2025, was removed as ODI captain on October 4. The 38-year-old right-handed batter from Mumbai has been replaced by Shubman Gill. The world No. 1 ODI batter will play his first ODI as captain on October 19 in Perth against Australia.
The BCCI’s decision to sack Rohit as the ODI captain of Team India came as a shock for the fans on Saturday afternoon. While Rohit is yet to release any statement after losing his job as the captain of Team India, chief selector Ajit Agarkar said that it was difficult to have three different captains for three different formats, which is why they decided to appoint Gill to take charge of the side ahead of the 2027 ODI World
Cup.
The 2027 edition of the ODI World Cup will be played across 10 venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in a couple of years’ time.
After Rohit was removed as ODI captain, an old interview of him with Vimal Kumar is now going viral on the internet.
In the clip shared by Vimal on Instagram, Rohit can be seen expressing his desire to represent India in the 2027 ODI World Cup.
“Jehan mein bilkul hai,” Rohit said when asked if he is thinking about playing in the 2027 ODI World Cup.
“Acha rahega agar aisa hua toh,” Rohit added.
Here’s a look:
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Rohit has played 28 matches in the men’s ODI World Cup for Team India and scored 1575 runs. He holds the record for scoring the most centuries (7) and the most sixes (54) in the men’s ODI World Cup.
Rohit amassed a total of 648 runs in the 2019 ODI World Cup for the Men in Blue to win the golden bat, and in the 2023 ODI World Cup, he scored 597 runs in 11 matches. Rohit also holds the record for scoring the most runs in one edition of the ODI World Cup as captain.
Under Rohit’s leadership, India won 10 matches in a row in the 2023 ODI World Cup but failed to get the better of Australia in the summit clash played on November 19, 2023, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
