T20 WC 2024: Rohit Sharma was not going to retire from T20

Barbados Barbados: Indian Captain Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma retired from his T20 international career after leading the team to its second World Cup in this format. He called it the “right time to say goodbye”. Rohit made this announcement in a press conference. Earlier, his long-time partner Virat Kohli Rohit bid farewell to his illustrious career just minutes after India defeated South Africa by seven runs in the final at Kensington Oval in Barbados. “This was my last match as well. There couldn’t be a better time to say goodbye. I wanted this (trophy) so much,” Rohit said in the post-match press conference.

It is very difficult to put it into words.” He said, “This is what I wanted and it happened. I was very desperate for this in my life. Happy that we achieved this goal this time.” Rohit, 37, led India in the 2022 T20 World Cup, where the team lost to eventual champions England in the semi-finals. A year later, India reached the final of the 50-over World Cup at home under his leadership, but lost to Australia in the final held in Ahmedabad. Rohit retired from T20Is after scoring 4231 runs in 159 matches, in which he scored five centuries and 32 fifties. He is active in Test and ODI formats. A video of the player has gone viral on social media, in which he can be seen telling reporters that he did not initially plan to quit T20I cricket, but he took this decision considering the ideal situation.

Rohit said in the video, “I didn’t think I would retire from T20Is, but the situation was like this… I felt it was the perfect situation for me. Nothing could be better than saying goodbye by winning the cup.” Rohit Sharma: “I was not in the mood to retire from T20Is, but the situation arose, so I decided to do so.” Maybe he is thinking of forming a new team. He may have thought of retiring on his own. After Rohit Sharma retires from the T20 format, Hardik Pandya is the frontrunner to take over India’s captaincy role in T20Is. When Rohit missed the T20I match in 2023, Hardik Pandya led the Indian team in the shortest format.