New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary has alleged that the new Bronco fitness Test brought in by the Indian cricket board is a ruse to rule out players like Rohit Sharma from playing the 2027 ODI World Cup. Notably, Rohit has already retired from T20Is and Test cricket and has previously publicly stated that he wants to play for India in the upcoming ODI World Cup.

In an interaction with Cricktracker, Tiwary was asked about the future of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for the ODI World Cup to which the former India batter replied that while keeping Kohli out of the side would be a difficult task, the new test may have been brought for players to keep Rohit out of the side.

"I think it will be very difficult to keep out...