India was defeated in the Final of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 by Australia. With this loss, the curtain on the careers of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami is expected to come down before the beginning of the next ODI World Cup 2027. It seems that India needs to reinvent its playing XI before the start of the next World Cup to take the tournament by storm.
The next ODI World Cup is scheduled to be played in October and November 2027 in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Players like Shreyas Iyer, who find it hard to smash the short ball, would find it difficult to make the cut for the Indian team. Pacers who can consistently hit the 140 km/ph mark are likely to get the nod.
BCCI will look to bring variety to the Indian batting order by including left-handers in the top five. It is still too early to predict the possible playing XI of India for the 2027 Cricket World Cup, but we have made an effort to pick the eleven which could definitely be the one playing in South Africa in the 2027 Cricket World Cup.
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India’s Probable Playing XI for 2027 Cricket World Cup
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Shubman Gill
- Tilak Varma
- Jitesh Sharma (WK)
- Rinku Singh
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Prasidh Krishna
- Jasprit Bumrah (C)
- Arshdeep Singh (12th man)