- Rohit Sharma: Rohit Sharma may announce his retirement before the World Cup in 2027. After him, this player can be appointed as the captain of Team India for the World Cup.
Rohit Sharma: India has to play the ODI World Cup in the year 2027. Rohit Sharma, who made Team India champion in the T20 World Cup 2024 under his captaincy , is currently the ODI captain of the Indian team. BCCI has also started preparations for this World Cup. The selectors are keeping an eye on the performance of the players.
Age factor and fitness are big problems for Rohit Sharma. In such a situation, it is difficult for him to be available till the World Cup 2027. After which the team management will have to look for a better option for his replacement. Let us tell you which two players Jay Shah can give the responsibility of captain and vice-captain for the World Cup 2027.
After Rohit Sharma, this player can be the captain of World Cup 2027
It is not clear yet whether Sharma will remain the captain of Team India till the next World Cup. If reports are to be believed, he may say goodbye to ODI cricket after the Champions Trophy 2025. Although no clear information has come out on this yet, but if he retires, Jay Shah can appoint Team India’s Prince Shubhman Gill as the captain of the Indian team for the upcoming World Cup.
After Rohit, his name will be at the forefront for the captaincy post. While the responsibility of the vice-captain can be given to Rishabh Pant . There is also a discussion of making Pant the captain of the Test team.
A look at Shubman Gill’s ODI stats
Indian team’s dashing player Shubman Gill is considered a future superstar. He has all the abilities to lead the Indian team. Gill has played 47 ODIs for the Indian team so far in which he has scored 2328 runs at an average of 58.20. This includes 6 centuries and 13 half-centuries. Let us tell you that Gill has also scored a double century in ODI cricket.
See here the probable squad of Team India for ODI World Cup 2027
Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal , Virat Kohli , KL Rahul (wicketkeeper) , Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper and vice-captain) , Shreyas Iyer , Shivam Dube , Kuldeep Yadav , Mohammed Siraj , Washington Sundar , Arshdeep Singh , Riyan Parag , Axar Patel , Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah.
