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India won the T20 World Cup 2024 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. After which he announced his retirement from T-20 format.
Team India's ODI and Test format captain Rohit Sharma has said about his retirement from T-20I that age was not the reason for his retirement from T-20 cricket, I can still play all three formats.
In an interview given to a YouTube channel, Rohit said about retirement from international cricket, I am not thinking of retiring from international cricket. I have retired from T20 cricket because my time in this format was over.
Rohit Sharma had announced his retirement from T20 International cricket after winning the T20 World Cup 2024. After this, the captaincy of the T20 team was given to Suryakumar Yadav.
Rohit Sharma with the T-20 World Cup trophy.
I am not thinking of retirement from international cricket: Rohit
When Indian captain Rohit Sharma was asked about his retirement in a video of YouTube's FITTR channel, he said,
No, I am not thinking of retirement from international cricket and the reason behind taking retirement from T20 cricket was that I had completed my time in that format. I enjoyed playing in this T20, I won the T20 World Cup in 2024 and it was the best time to move forward because there are many young players who can perform well in the Indian team.
T20 World Cup won under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma After winning the Champions Trophy in 2013 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India had not won any ICC trophy. After this, in the year 2023, Team India, which was in excellent form, was eliminated from the ODI World Cup final after losing to Australia.
After this, Team India created history by winning the T20 World Cup in the year 2024 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. The team defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final. This was the second T20 World Cup title for India. Earlier, India had won the first T-20 World Cup in 2007.
After Virat, Ravindra Jadeja and Rohit took retirement. After winning the T20 World Cup 2024, all three Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja had announced their retirement from T20 International cricket. First of all, Virat took retirement in the presentation ceremony. After this, captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement in a press conference. Jadeja had announced his retirement from T20 International cricket by sharing a post on social media. Currently, these three players are playing in the Test series being played with Bangladesh.
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