Rohit Sharma Retirement Plan: Rohit Sharma, popularly known as ‘Hitman’, will no longer be seen playing Test cricket. Rohit, 38, announced his retirement from the longest format of cricket on 7 May. Rohit has also retired from T20 international cricket. Now Rohit will be seen playing only in one day international matches.
What will Sharma do after retirement?
After retiring from T20 and Test cricket, Rohit Sharma’s entire focus will be on ODI cricket. Rohit Sharma is still the captain of Team India in ODI format. Team India has recently won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 under Sharma’s captaincy. Now his biggest dream is to win the ODI World Cup.
Dream of winning ODI World Cup
Rohit Sharma, who scored three double centuries in ODIs, has often said in an interview that he wants to win a 50 -over ODI World Cup. Rohit believes that the 50 -over World Cup is a real World Cup for him and he grew up watching the ODI Cup. In 2011, when the Indian team won the ODI World Cup, Rohit was not part of that team. Rohit still regrets not being in the 2011 ODI World Cup team.
Regret of not being in team
Rohit Sharma said in an interview recently, ‘To be honest, I have not seen the rest of the matches of the ODI 2011 except the semi -finals and the finals. Every time I see this tournament, I get very disappointed. Every time I used to turn on TV, I felt that I am there. ‘
ODI World Cup twice in semi -finals
Rohit Sharma was not part of the Indian team in the ODI World Cup 2011. But since then he has played in three consecutive ODI World Cup. Under his captaincy, Team India reached the semi -finals of the ODI World Cup in 2015 and 2019. But in the 2023 ODI World Cup, the Indian team reached the final against Australia under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. In which he lost.
Will the ODI World Cup be played in 2027?
The ODI World Cup will be played in 2027 October-November 2027 in the joint host of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Then Rohit will be 40 years old. It remains to be seen how Rohit’s fitness and form will be at that time. However, Rohit has retired from Test and T20, so now he will be able to focus better on ODI format and prepare himself for the 2027 World Cup.
Virat’s 10 world-record: golden chapter of Indian cricket
Rohit Sharma’s ODI International Career
• 273 matches, 1168 runs, 48.76 average
• 32 centuries, 58 half -centuries, 92.80 strike rate
• 1045 fours, 344 sixes
Rohit Sharma’s Test Career
• 67 matches, 4301 runs, 40.57 average
• 12 centuries, 18 half -centuries, 57.05 strike rate
• 473 fours, 88 sixes
Rohit Sharma’s T20 International Career
• 159 matches, 4231 runs, 32.05 average
• 5 centuries, 32 half -centuries, 140.89 strike rate
• 383 fours, 205 sixes
