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The former Indian player and the chief selector, Kris Srikkanth, spoke at length about the chances of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli potentially taking part in the ODI World Cup 2027. On his YouTube channel, the 67-year-old said that while Virat Kohli could take part in the quadrennial event, Rohit Sharma will faint in South Africa in his quest to win the premier 50-overs trophy.
Kris Srikkanth alluded that unless a player is a “super-fit person” like Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni, he can’t play in a World Cup at 40 years of age. Since Rohit Sharma is going to touch the 40s during the ODI World Cup 2027, the former Chennai-born player thinks that he can’t be a part of the tournament.
Rohit Sharma will faint: Kris Srikkanth on Indian captain playing in CWC 2027
In the latest video on his YouTube channel, Kris Srikkanth said, as per the Times of India, “He (Rohit Sharma) is a good player, but his age is 37 presently, and the next ODI World Cup is three more years ahead. He will be 40 years old then. I mean, unless you are a super-fit person like MS Dhoni or Sachin Tendulkar, you can't play World Cup at 40s. Yeah, Virat Kohli could play in the 2027 World Cup, in my opinion, for sure. But for Rohit, Mr. Gambhir, you went overboard; he will faint in South Africa.”
Apart from discarding Rohit Sharma’s chances of making the ODI World Cup 2027, Kris Srikkanth also took a swipe at the new head coach of Team India, Gautam Gambhir. The former ODI World Cup winner talked about how the selection philosophy is quite inconsistent from him.
"Gautam Gambhir has taken a U-turn. Before the T20 World Cup 2024, he was saying if Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma do not perform, they will not sit in my team. Then he took a U-turn now, saying there is no player like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. After becoming head coach, he said that both have a lot of cricket left and hopefully they will be fit for the 2027 World Cup,” he said.
