India Start To Road To World Cup 2027, Here's The List Of ODI Series And Matches Shubman Gill Will Captain After Replacing Rohit Sharma

Indian cricket is currently in a transitional phase, and everybody is trying their best to navigate through such challenging time. The Indian Test team went through a massive overhaul after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, with both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retiring.

Ahead of another Australian tour later this month, Shubman Gill has replaced Rohit Sharma as the ODI captain. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma both haven't played international cricket for nearly seven months now, and they will now return after 200 days to play under Shubman Gill's captaincy.

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Indian Team Management's Massive Step Towards Uniform Captaincy

With two World Cups to be played in the next two years, the Indian team management feels that having three captains for three different formats isn't feasible and is now the ideal way out. India have always been a country who have had the same captain across formats, and this isn't something new that is happening.

"It is very difficult to have three different captains for three formats, in terms of not just selectors but more importantly even for the coach, to plan with three different people is never easy," said Chairman of selectors. Shubman Gill has two years from now to get the Indian team ready for the 2027 edition of the ODI World Cup that will be played in South Africa. The 'men in blue' are scheduled to play 27 ODIs till the ODI World Cup, starting with the three ODIs against Australia.

Team India's schedule ahead of ODI World Cup 2027

• October-November 2025: Away ODI series against Australia
• November-December 2025: Home series against South Africa
• January 2026: Home ODI series against New Zealand ODI Series
• June 2026: Home ODI series against Afghanistan ODI Series
• July 2026: Away ODI series against England
• September-October 2026: Home ODI series against West Indies
• September 2026: Away ODI series against Bangladesh (rescheduled)
• December 2026: Home ODI series against Sri Lanka

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Dissecting Rohit Sharma's Record As The White-Ball Captain

Rohit Sharma led India in 56 ODIs and ended up winning 42 out of them. The 'Hitman' has an impressive win percentage of 76 from all the games that he has captained India. Under Rohit Sharma, India have won two Asia Cups in 2018 and 2023, the T20 World Cup in 2024, and the Champions Trophy in 2025.