Rohit Sharma

India won the T20 World Cup on Saturday by defeating South Africa. There is an atmosphere of celebration across the country. Meanwhile, one after the other, two Indian cricketers announced their retirement from the T20 international cricket format. First Virat Kohli said that this is his last T20 cricket match, while after some time captain Rohit Sharma also announced his retirement from T20 cricket. ICC has also given this information on its official social media handle. ICC wrote, “After Virat Kohli, captain Rohit Sharma has also decided to retire from T20 International.”

India got victory after 17 years

In fact, under the captaincy of 37-year-old Rohit Sharma, the Indian team created history on Saturday. India won the T20 World Cup. With this, India has won the World Cup (ODI, T20) title for the fourth time. The Indian team defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final match. This victory gave 140 crore Indians a golden opportunity to celebrate. But after this, cricket fans have been shocked by Kohli and Rohit's retirement from T20. Rohit said during the post-match press conference, “This was also my last game. There couldn't have been a better time to say goodbye. I wanted it (the trophy) very badly. It is very difficult to put it into words. I want this and I am very happy that this time we have crossed it.'

Such is Rohit's T20 record card

Rohit Sharma has scored 4231 runs in 159 T20 Internationals for India at an average of 32.05 and a strike rate of 140.89. He has 5 centuries and 32 half-centuries to his name in T20 Internationals. His highest score in this format is 121 not out. He was also part of the team that won the T20 World Cup in 2007 and is the only Indian player to win two T20 World Cups for India. Rohit made his T20 debut for India against England in the 2007 World Cup. The Indian team also participated in the 2022 T20 World Cup under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, but the team lost to England in the semi-finals. A year later, the team led by Rohit reached the final of the 50-over World Cup on home soil and lost to Australia in the final match played in Ahmedabad.

Rohit's T20 International Cricket Career

• Total T20 matches: 159
• Runs : 4231
• Average: 32.05
• Strike rate: 140.89
• Centuries: 5
• Fifty : 32
• Six: 205
• For: 383