Rohit must have the goal of playing 2027 ODI WC, feels Ponting

A couple of days after India skipper Rohit Sharma put to bed rumours around his retirement from the 50-over format with a one-liner, former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting believes that the star batter is likely to have a specific goal in mind when he made the announcement.

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Having been appointed India's captain back in 2021 at the age of 34, Rohit on Sunday clinched his second ICC title - following the ICC Men's T20 World Cup win last year - as India closed an invincible Champions Trophy campaign. Now approaching 38, there were rumours around the veteran batter's retirement from the ODI format, an act not without precedence, given how Rohit had retired from T20Is after winning the T20 World Cup. But Rohit quashed them in the press conference following the final win against New Zealand. "I'm not going to retire from this format, just to make sure no more rumours are spread," Rohit told reporters a