By AFP
India are now aiming to win the next two global events, the 2026 T20 World Cup on home soil (and co-hosted by Sri Lanka) and the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia
Following his team’s unbeaten run in the ICC Champions Trophy, the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said that the future of Indian cricket is in safe hands, with plenty of young talent displaying the hunger, passion and talent needed on international level.
India’s winning Champions Trophy campaign witnessed key contributions from seniors as well as from youngsters. While Shubman Gill scored 188 runs in five matches with a century, Shreyas Iyer (243 runs in five matches with two fifties), Axar Patel (109 runs in five matches with five wickets) and Hardik Pandya (99 runs in four matches and four wickets), KL Rahul (140 runs in five matches at an average of 140.00), Varun Chakravarthy (nine wickets) also played crucial roles in the team’s second successive white-ball title win.
Sharma said the way his India side made it undefeated through the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is indicative of their passion and commitment – and it bodes well for the future.
Asked whether he agreed that the team could dominate international cricket over the next decade, Rohit talked about how the set-up has been created in order to support the progress of young talent.
