Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have realistic chances of playing the 2027 ODI World Cup as well. However, he wondered why they retired from Tests and are continuing to play ODIs as well, stating that, barring the IPL, they wouldn’t get much game time as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Both of them can push it till the World Cup. Since the 2027 World Cup is in South Africa, experience and skills will be needed. Again, that’s also a bridge too far, but both have realistic chances till the 2027 World Cup. However, they are playing less cricket, and I don’t like that.”

“I feel they should have been playing more cricket. They would have played a lot of cricket had they kept playing Tests. I don’t know why they have left Tests and are playing ODIs, and have left T20Is too. Two months of IPL and then 10 matches in 10 months. Personally, I don’t understand this,” he further added.

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However, Aakash Chopra was asked whether Virat Kohli’s legacy would be defined by batting records or impact as a captain as well.

“I think batting records. In impact as a leader, he hasn’t lifted any ICC trophy. ICC trophies are remembered. It’s good when you win the Test mace. It was very good when you won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but the team that went the next time also won. So the novelty factor doesn’t remain in that,” he replied.

Of course, they won under Virat’s captaincy for the first time, but then they won again. They went to England and didn’t return after winning. The series was drawn under Shubman’s captaincy and Virat’s captaincy as well. We drew the series in South Africa, we didn’t win. We have won a few tournaments for sure, but we didn’t win the big ICC events, whether it’s the T20 or the ODI World Cup,” Aakash Chopra concluded.