I will do everything in my power to win the ODI World Cup in 2027: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma has the T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy twice. He also has six Indian Premier League (IPL) titles under his belt. However, he is desperate to add the ODI World Cup trophy to his cabinet.

Rohit has retired from Tests and T20Is but he has continued playing 50-over cricket with the ambition of winning the upcoming World Cup in 2027. He was the captain of the Indian team which agonisingly lost the 2023 ODI World Cup final to Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Since then, the Nagpur-born has set his sights on the 2027 edition of the tournament, which will be co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia.

During a recent event, Rohit became emotional while talking about his aspirations of bagging an ODI World Cup trophy. He stated that the 50-over World Cup was the pinnacle of the sport during his childhood days with events like the T20 World Cup, IPL, and World Test Championship commencing after he had already made his international debut.

"I will definitely want to go out there & win the World Cup for my country, that is something that I've always looked upon, I've grown up watching this 50-over WC," Rohit said during a DP World event.

"There was no T20 WC, no IPL, no WTC back then and that was the pinnacle of Cricket which used to happen every four years so there was desperation, there was so much weight for that one trophy - I really want that trophy so I'm gonna try and do everything in my power and capacity to work hard and get it," the former India skipper added.

Rohit is one of the finest batters in the history of ODI cricket. He has played 282 ODIs, amassing 11,577 runs at an average of 48.85 and a strike rate of 92.75. The Mumbai batter has 61 fifties and 33 tons in the format. In the previous World Cup, he finished as the second-highest run-getter behind Virat kohli.