Indian skipper Rohit Sharma had the best sleep on Saturday night after his team defeated South Africa by 7 runs to win the T20 World Cup 2024. Winning the silverware was his ultimate goal and once he achieved it, Rohit bid adieu to the shortest format of the game, along with his teammate, Virat Kohli. He held the trophy close to his heart and guess what, he didn’t let it go away from him. In fact, he woke the next morning with the T20 Trophy next to his bed in the hotel room.
The Indian skipper clicked a selfie with the trophy and shared it on his Insta stories on Saturday, saying, “Morning Everybody.”
Rohit had never thought about retiring from T20Is but like Virat Kohli, the charismatic Indian skipper had to make way for the younger generation. Rohit said he could not have picked a better time to leave the T20 format. However, he was quick to add that he would continue playing the IPL.
“I don’t make decisions like this about my future. Whatever I feel is right from inside I try to do that. I don’t think much about the future or whether I would play this World Cup after the ODI World Cup last year,” the Indian captain said.
“I never thought that I would retire from T20s. But the situation is such, I thought it was the perfect situation for me. Nothing better than winning the cup and saying goodbye,” added Rohit.
He went down on his knees after the victory was sealed. On that emotional moment, Rohit said he was desperate for the trophy.
“…it was very emotional. I wanted this badly. So, it’s very hard to put it in words because at that moment, I didn’t want to say what I was thinking and what was going on in my mind, but it was a very emotional moment personally for me.
“And I’m going to, I wish I could capture that moment myself but not really, you can’t do that but I will always remember that,” he said.
(With Agency Inputs)
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