The hopes with which Rohit Sharma was made the captain of Team India have finally been fulfilled. Rohit ended the 11-year-long ICC title drought. Under his captaincy, Team India won the T20 World Cup 2024. With this, he also became the first Team India player to win this tournament twice. Soon after winning the title, Rohit retired from this format. Since then, there have been constant talks and claims about his international career. Although Rohit himself has expressed his desire to play the ODI World Cup in 2027, it is difficult to say whether this will happen. Rohit's close friend and former Team India star spinner Harbhajan Singh has said a special thing in this matter.

Rohit Sharma, who is batting brilliantly and explosively even at the age of 37, showed the same style in the T20 World Cup and made Team India the champion. After retiring from international cricket in this format, Rohit's entire focus is now on ODI and Test cricket, in which his goal is to win the Champions Trophy 2025 and World Test Championship 2025 titles. But along with this, he has a big goal and desire to win the ODI World Cup, which he is deprived of till date. Now the next World Cup is to be held in 2027 and by then Rohit will be 40 years old.

In such a situation, questions are being raised about his future.

How long will Rohit and Virat play?

Rohit did not get a place in the team that won the World Cup in 2011 and he has expressed his regret many times. Then last year, under his captaincy, Team India lost in the World Cup final, which broke the hearts of crores of Indian fans including Rohit. Rohit had also said even after this that he is still waiting for the 2027 World Cup but will he be able to play till then? Harbhajan said in an interview with PTI that Rohit Sharma can play for at least 2 years, while citing Virat Kohli's fitness, he said that he can play comfortably for the next 5 years.

He said that if both these players are fit, are scoring runs, want to play and are contributing to the team, then they should definitely play.

Both are very much needed in Test cricket

Harbhajan believes that in the future too, Team India will need both these stars, especially in Test cricket. According to off-spinner Harbhajan, who has taken more than 400 Test wickets for Team India, no matter what the format, every team needs experienced players and this is especially important in grooming young players.

He said that the selectors will have to see that if someone is fit and performing well then he should be selected and if someone fails on both these fronts then he should be dropped.

He said that the selectors will have to see that if someone is fit and performing well then he should be selected and if someone fails on both these fronts then he should be dropped.