Rohit Sharma's top 5 achievements as ODI captain

The end is nigh. It's been there for a while. Let it befall now. The BCCI and its chairman of selectors, Ajit Agarkar's decision to remove Rohit Sharma as India's ODI captain and replace him with Shubman Gill is a sign of bigger things to come. Don't think, even for a solitary second, that this is it.

With every word that came out of Agarkar's mouth, it became clearer and evident that Rohit and Virat Kohli's chances of playing the 2027 World Cup are slim. Age is one factor, of course. Rohit would be 40, and Kohli closing in on 39 by the time South Africa hosts the biggest cricketing tournament in the world. But the bigger concern for Ro-Ko is match practice.

Rohit Sharma is unlikely for the 2027 World Cup(AFP)

Having retired from Tests and T20Is, the ODI is all Kohli and Rohit have in international cricket, and with time, the readiness and the willingness to be prepared for the World Cup in South Africa will only get more challenging. In fact, the legendary Sunil Gavaskar reckons the selection committee took the right call in appointing Gill as captain and remains confident that Rohit himself would not disagree with the call.