Delhi: Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma made India a champion in the 2024 T20 World Cup and gave the country the title of this format after 17 years. At one time in the final match, South Africa was looking forward to the victory, but Team India made a brilliant comeback and won the match and captured the World Cup trophy.
After this historic victory, great batsman Virat Kohli announced his retirement from T20 International cricket. Shortly after Kohli, captain Rohit Sharma also said goodbye to his T20I career during the press conference. The next day, the team’s veteran all -rounder Ravindra Jadeja also announced his retirement from the same format.
Now, Rohit has given a big statement about 11 months after the announcement of his retirement. In an interview to YouTube channel of popular journalist ‘Vimal Kumar’, Rohit revealed that even if India had lost the final, he would still retire from T20 cricket.
Rohit Sharma said, “When I announced retirement from T20… If we don’t win (T20 World Cup), I would have announced the same way, because I have tried very much. It is not right for me that I keep playing ahead. But when you win, when you win, I feel that I am still playing well, I am playing well, I am playing well? Go? “
He further said, “Because you have not been able to do this place like this. You have worked hard for this. I know what I have done and what I have suffered, to reach here, so when you are playing well, giving results to the team, then why leave?”
Significantly, Rohit Sharma has recently announced his retirement from Test cricket. Now he will be seen playing for India only in ODI format. It is believed that Rohit will take over the team till 2027 ODI World Cup. Under his captaincy, India won the 2025 Champions Trophy title, while in the 2023 ODI World Cup, the team traveled to the finals, where they had to face defeat against Australia.
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