Main point:
At present, Virat is 36 years old and in such a situation, due to increasing age, he cannot get a place in the 2027 ODI World Cup team and young players can be preferred.
Delhi: Team India’s great batsman Virat Kohli has announced his retirement from Test and T20 International cricket. Now Kohli will only be seen in ODI cricket. At present, Virat is 36 years old and in such a situation, due to increasing age, he cannot get a place in the 2027 ODI World Cup team and young players can be preferred.
Will Virat Kohli play 2027 World Cup?
Former chief selector of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Chetan Sharma has expressed his opinion on this issue. In a special conversation with Sports Yari, he clearly said that if Kohli is fit, then he must play.
He said, “If Virat Kohli is fit then why not play? The age is just a number. If the selectors feel that a player is fit and Virat himself believes that his body is ready, then he should play. He should play. There should be no problem in it.”
He further said, “Whether a player is 20 years old or 39 years old, if he is scoring runs and winning the team, then the same player is the most important for the team.”
Whose decision will be made – of Virat or selectors?
Chetan Sharma believes that Kohli himself knows when to land on the field. He further added, “I know Virat. He will come on the field only when he feels that he can win a match for India. Virat understands his fitness and ability well and the selectors also do their work well. Don’t take Virat’s tension, he considers himself the best.”
Virat Kohli’s ODI World Cup record
Kohli first participated in the ICC ODI World Cup in 2011, where Team India won the title. In that tournament, Kohli scored 282 runs in 9 matches with an average of 35.25, including 1 century and 1 half -century. Apart from this, Virat has so far scored 14181 runs in 302 matches in his ODI career at a great average of 57.88. It has 51 centuries and 74 half -centuries.
World Cup 2027 host and format
The ICC ODI World Cup 2027 will be hosted jointly by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The tournament will be held in October-November 2027. A total of 14 teams will participate in it. Top-8 ranked teams will directly qualify in the tournament. Before this, Namibia will have to play the qualifier, as she is not yet a full time member of the ICC. There will be two groups in the format of the tournament, from each of which the top 3 teams will go to Super Six. The PCF system will be implemented in Super Six, as in the 1999 World Cup. South Africa and Zimbabwe have got a direct entry due to being hosts.
What will be the decision of the selectors and Kohli?
Significantly, Virat Kohli will now be seen only in ODI cricket and discussions about his participation in the 2027 World Cup are intensified. It is clear from Chetan Sharma’s statement that if Kohli remains fit and stays in form, then he can once again enter the World Cup for India. It will now be seen what decisions the selector and Kohli himself take in this direction.
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