Ought to Rohit Sharma Retire From ODIs After Champions Trophy 2025 Win? Ricky Ponting Says This

Indian cricket workforce not too long ago gained the Champions Trophy 2025 title below Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. Rohit, who was appointed as India’s captain again in 2021, has now gained two ICC titles – Males’s T20 World Cup 2024 and Champions Trophy 2025. 

Earlier than the Champions Trophy 2025 closing in opposition to New Zealand, there have been talks across the Indian skipper’s retirement from the ODI format, nonetheless, Rohit quashed them within the press convention following the title win.

“Yet one more factor. I am not going to retire from this format, simply to guarantee that no rumours are unfold shifting ahead…” Rohit informed reporters after India’s Champions Trophy triumph in Dubai on Sunday evening.

Talking on the newest episode of The ICC Evaluate, former Australia skipper Ponting said that Rohit is prone to have had a selected purpose in thoughts when he made the announcement about not retiring from ODI cricket. 

“Whenever you begin attending to that time of your profession, everybody’s ready so that you can retire,” Ponting stated.

And I do not know why, when you may nonetheless play in addition to he is performed (within the closing), I feel he was simply attempting to place these inquiries to mattress as soon as and for all and say, ‘no, I am nonetheless taking part in nicely sufficient. I really like taking part in on this workforce. I really like main this workforce.’

And I feel, the truth that he stated that, to me, it implies that he will need to have that purpose in thoughts of taking part in within the subsequent (50-over) World Cup (in 2027),” he added.

India hosted the 2023 ODI World Cup and had an distinctive run below Rohit’s management. Nevertheless, the aspect fell on the closing stage, having been dealt a six-wicket defeat by the hands of the Pat Cummins-led Australia within the summit conflict.

The 50-year-old believes {that a} sense of unfinished enterprise might should do with Rohit’s resolution to remain in-charge till the 2027 ODI World Cup, which shall be held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

“I feel in all probability the truth that they misplaced the final one and he was captain, that could be the factor that is taking part in on the again of his thoughts,” Ponting famous.

“Simply have yet one more crack at attempting to win the T20 World Cup, the Champions Trophy, and the ODI World Cup. I imply whenever you see him play like he performed within the Champions Trophy closing, you would not say that his time is up simply but,” he added.