Rohit Sharma, Indian captain, is said to want to continue his career until the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa and also wants to play Test cricket.
Cricbuzz reports he has already come up with a plan to preserve the level needed in worldwide cricket by working on his fitness and batting with the help of current men’s senior assistant coach Abhishek Nayar. The report stated that his performance in the forthcoming IPL 2025 will decide much of his future.
Helping many Indian cricketers including KL Rahul and Dinesh Karthik unlock different elements of their games, Nayar—Rohit’s previous Mumbai teammate—has a lot of experience. Rohit has also given him credit earlier for his achievements. He is famous for knowing how to extract the most of player’s potential in present cricket.
Before the 2025 Champions Trophy, his future in international cricket was greatly debated. At 37, he had already retired from T20Is following the T20 World Cup last year. Furthermore, he had dropped himself from the final Border-Gavaskar Trophy test match since he recognized his performances were lacking. Few cricket players perform World Cups at the age Rohit would be in 2027—forty years.
The storylines changed, however, when India’s final victory over New Zealand put Rohit at thirty-six and Rohit was proclaimed the Player of the Match for his 76. He even was just the second Indian captain to take two ICC trophies.
He strongly stated after the match in the post-match press conference that he was not going further from the format and even confirmed the same to Virat Kohli in an off-the-cuff chat during India’s celebrations following the last victory.
“Still one more thing. He said, “I will not be retiring from this format only to ensure no gossip go forthspath.&. In later interviews, he said he was keeping every one of his alternatives open and didn’t want to ‘draw lines’ on whether he would participate the 2027 World Cup.
Earlier in the day, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting had also judged the statement as a sign that Rohit feels he has ‘unfinished business’ in ODIs and wants to push himself as much as possible.
The ICC Review quoted Ponting as saying, “I believe maybe that since he was captain and they lost the last one, that could be what is haunting the back of his mind. “Give the T20 World Cup, the Champions Trophy, and the ODI World Cup one more shot.” I mean when you see him play like he did in the final of the Champions Trophy, you would not say his time is up just yet.”
