Former Indian cricketer feels Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma shouldn’t think about ICC ODI World Cup 2027. Here is why

Former Indian legendary spinner and commentator Anil Kumble has emphasized that the Indian talismanic batting duo Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should not think too far ahead in terms of the ICC ODI World Cup 2027.

Speaking exclusively on Star Sports, Kumble made it clear that since the World Cup is more than two years away from now, the Indian batting duo Kohli and Rohit should be in the present and not think too far ahead.

"Let's just celebrate the two players (Kohli and Rohit) on the field. They have done so much for Indian cricket over the years. Yes, in their heads, they have been thinking of 2027 (World Cup), but it's still a couple of years from now," Kumble told Star Sports.

"There are matches; all you need to do is go out there and enjoy. Now that Rohit is no longer the captain, even the burden and responsibility of captaining is not on him. So, it's just about batting and enjoying every moment that they have on the field," he added.

"I don't think they need to think too far ahead in terms of 2027. Both these guys have the experience; ideally, you'd want them to be part of the line-up, but it's better played by the year," he noted.

While Shubman Gill was named the Test captain after the retirement of Kohli and Rohit from the format, he has been later elevated as the vice-captain of the T20I team as the captain of the ODI team, replacing Rohit Sharma for the forthcoming Australian tour. 

India’s ODI squad vs Australia: Shubman Gill (C), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.

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