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Rohit Sharma: After the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament is over, all cricket fans' eyes will be on the ICC Men's Cricket T20 World Cup. The Indian team will play under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma in the T20 World Cup to be played in June next year. However, for the last few years, there has been increasing pressure on Rohit Sharma to retire due to his increasing age. Now Rohit himself has made a big revelation about his retirement.
The news of Rohit's retirement gained momentum
As the T20 World Cup 2024 is coming closer, the news is gaining momentum that Rohit Sharma will retire from the T20 format. Rohit Sharma has crossed the age of 37 and due to his increasing age, people have started pressurizing him to retire. However, the Indian captain has given good news to his fans and said that 'I have no intention of retiring right now.' It is noteworthy that in 2021, Rohit has become the captain of the Indian team in all three formats in place of Virat Kohli. Now he says that there is still a lot of cricket left in him.
'I want to play more': Rohit Sharma
In an interview, Rohit Sharma said, 'This journey of 17 years has been wonderful. I want to play for a few more years and leave my mark on the cricket world. There is no greater pride than captaining your country. I never thought that one day I would become the captain of the Indian team. But people say good things happen to good people. Rohit Sharma continued his talk and said, 'When I took command of the Indian team, I wanted everyone to think like this and this is how the team game should be played. I don't think about making individual records, what we 11 players can do together to win the trophy is more important.
India lost three ICC trophies under Rohit's captaincy.
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India was eliminated from the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2022 after losing to England by 10 wickets. Whereas in the final of the 2021-2023 World Test Championship, the Indian team lost to Australia by 209 runs. Despite being a strong contender, India lost to Australia by 6 wickets in the final of the 2023 ODI Cricket World Cup. Under the captaincy of Rohit, Team India went to the knockout zone of ICC tournaments thrice but failed to win the trophy.
Will captain the T20 World Cup 2024
T20 World Cup 2024 is being organized in West Indies and America from June 1. Rohit Sharma has been given the captaincy of Team India in the upcoming World Cup. The form of many players is a matter of concern for the team, in such a situation Rohit Sharma may once again miss the ICC Trophy. However, Indian cricket fans want Team India to win the trophy this time.