{"id":707038,"date":"2026-07-23T12:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707038\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:24:17","slug":"rohit-sharma-in-sanju-samson-and-tilak-varma-out-ex-india-cricketer-picks-india-squad-for-2027-odi-world-cup-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707038\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohit Sharma IN; Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma OUT: Ex-India cricketer picks India squad for 2027 ODI World Cup | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kohli-rohit-2307-s.jpg\" alt=\"Rohit Sharma IN; Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma OUT: Ex-India cricketer picks India squad for 2027 ODI World Cup\" title=\"BCCI Photo\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> NEW DELHI Former India opener <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/abhinav-mukund\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abhinav Mukund<\/a> has picked his 15-man India squad for the 2027 ODI World Cup, making some interesting selection choices.Mukund, who represented India in seven Tests between 2011 and 2017, has backed veteran opener <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> despite recent speculation over his ODI future. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/sanju-samson\/61837\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sanju Samson<\/a> and Yashasvi Jaiswal failed to make the cut.The former cricketer unveiled his squad on ESPNcricinfo&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya included<\/p>\n<p>Mukund has gone with a blend of experience and youth, while placing his faith in a pace attack spearheaded by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.Batters: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas IyerWicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Ishan KishanAll-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington SundarSpinner: Kuldeep YadavPacers: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana and Gurnoor Brar<\/p>\n<p>Gill closes in on World No. 1<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Shubman Gill has moved within touching distance of the No. 1 spot in the latest ICC ODI batting rankings released after the England series.Gill scored 188 runs in the three-match series and is now just one rating point behind New Zealand&#8217;s Daryl Mitchell, who leads the rankings with 802 points.Virat Kohli (767) and Rohit Sharma (758) are placed third and fourth respectively, giving India three batters in the top five.England&#8217;s Joe Root, who was named Player of the Series after scoring an unbeaten 249 runs, jumped four places to eighth. Ben Duckett climbed 11 spots to joint-19th, while Jacob Bethell rose five places to 64th.India&#8217;s newly appointed T20I captain Shreyas Iyer moved up two places to 13th in the ODI batting rankings.Among bowlers, Kuldeep slipped one place to 11th, with Afghanistan&#8217;s Rashid Khan continuing to lead the rankings. England fast bowler Jofra Archer climbed to third after taking five wickets against India in the ODI series.<\/p>\n<p>Is Rohit Sharma&#8217;s inclusion in the 2027 ODI World Cup squad justified?<\/p>\n<p>3k+ users shared opinion today <\/p>\n<p>5k+ users already voted today <\/p>\n<p>3k+ users shared opinion today <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/polls\/is-rohit-sharmas-inclusion-in-the-2027-odi-world-cup-squad-justified\/pollopinions\/132574257.cms?src=articleshow\" class=\"pd_MH\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Share Opinion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW DELHI Former India opener Abhinav Mukund has picked his 15-man India squad for the 2027 ODI World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[141080,234504,1721,234505,6770,18856,6975,7054,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-707038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-2027-odi-world-cup","tag-abhinav-mukund","tag-cricket","tag-india-squad-for-2027-odi-world-cup","tag-jasprit-bumrah","tag-rohit-sharma","tag-sanju-samson","tag-shubman-gill","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}