India captain Rohit Sharma took a retirement from the T20I format of the game
On Saturday, after winning the finals of the 2024 T20 World Cup, the captain of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma, announced that he was taking a retirement from T20 international cricket. Rohit said he would be continuing for India in test and one-day international formats, but he is stepping down from the shortest format.
His retirement came shortly after his teammate Virat Kohli also said that he was taking retirement from the T20 International.
Rohit said in the post-match conference, “This was my last game as well. There is no better time to say goodbye. I wanted this (trophy) badly. It’s very hard to put in words.”
He further added, "This is what I wanted, and it happened. I was very desperate to have this in my life. Happy that we crossed the line this time.”
Rohit had played 159 T20Is in which he scored 4231 runs at a strike rate of 140.89 and an average of 32.05. As a captain, he had played 62 matches in which he scored 1905 runs at a strike rate of 149.76 and an average of 34.01. Out of 62, he won 49 matches as captain.