Kolkata, Aug. 29 -- Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan said that for seniors like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, currently the ODI-only players now, and pacer Mohammed Shami, the challenge would be to have a regular game time to prove fitness ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2027.

Pathan was speaking to Boria Majumdar on Revsportz. Rohit and Virat, after calling time on their T20I careers last year following the T20 World Cup win, also retired from Test cricket ahead of India's tour of England, which kickstarted the new ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle of 2025-27 for India. Shami, who has not announced retirement from any format, was not in the squad for the tour to England and was also not included in the Asia Cup T20I squad...