Dallas: After winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title, Rohit Sharma has retired from T20 International. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India won the T20 World Cup title after 17 years. Also ended the 11-year drought of winning the ICC trophy. Rohit Sharma also showed amazing batting in the T20 World Cup.
At present, the age of Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma, who won the T20 World Cup Trophy 2024, is more than 37 years. In such a situation, how many years can he play international cricket now, this is the big question. Looking at Rohit Sharma’s age, it is being speculated that the Hitman will say goodbye to all formats of international cricket after the 2025 Champions Trophy and the World Test Championship Final. Meanwhile, the Hitman himself has revealed his retirement plan.
Team India: Rohit reveals retirement plan
In fact, at an event held in Dallas, USA, Rohit Sharma said, “I have said before that I do not think so far ahead. You will see me playing international cricket for at least some time.” He also said that he still has a lot of cricket left in him.
For now, Rohit Sharma will continue to play Test and ODI cricket. Let us tell you that recently the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah had claimed that under Rohit’s captaincy, Team India will play the final of the World Test Championship and the Champions Trophy next year. It is clear from this that Rohit will lead the team in ODIs and Tests.
Rohit Sharma’s T20 career
It is worth noting that just after winning the T20 World Cup final, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja announced their retirement from T20 Internationals. However, all three confirmed to play in other formats of the game. Rohit finished his tenure as the highest run-scorer in 159 T20 Internationals. During this period, he scored five centuries and 32 half-centuries. Rohit scored a total of 4,231 runs in T20.
