India ODI captain Rohit Sharma has started sweating out in the gym ahead of his upcoming international assignment against Australia. Team India will play a five-Test match series against Australia, which is scheduled to start from October 19. Rohit's last international outing came in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, where unbeaten India defeated New Zealand in the final to win the title at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai.
A picture of Rohit Sharma is going viral on social media, where the ODI skipper can be seen alongside former India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar. Here is the photo.
After the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final, Rohit featured for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, where he regained his form mid-season and scored 418 runs in 15 outings. He also announced his Test retirement midway through the cash-rich league. With already retired from T20Is and Tests, ODI is the only format where Rohit can be seen donning the India jersey.
Earlier, former Indian cricketer Yograj Singh also reckoned that Rohit should play for India till of 45 years and suggested that the BCCI to put four men behind him and make him run 10 kilometres every morning.
“The man about whom so many people speak rubbish, Rohit Sharma, I said that day that Rohit will be my man, the man, my man," Yograj told News18 CricketNext. “The way he batted, his batting one side and the rest of the team’s batting on the other side. His innings on one side and the rest of the world on the other. That’s his class. You can say, ‘Rohit, aapki hume 5 saal aur zarurat hai yaar’ (Rohit, we need you for five more years, man) so please do more for your country, work on your fitness and everything. Put four men on him, make him run 10 kilometres every morning. He has the class to play till 45 years of age, if he wants.’ “I believe you should play domestic cricket; the more you play that, the fitter you’ll be. Who got the Man of the Match in the final? Rohit Sharma. So you should only talk about things that you know. If you want to talk about his game and fitness, do that only if you have played at some level. Do you feel ashamed for talking like this?" he added.