India will look to address several lingering selection puzzles when they take on South Africa on Sunday in the first ODI of the three-match series, where Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli return to the set-up for a short audition that could well shape their 2027 World Cup fate.

Both Rohit and Kohli now compete in just one international format, and with India scheduled to play only six ODIs in the next two months, the stakes have rarely been higher for two of Indian cricket’s modern-day greats.