Barba Doss: ICCT20 World Cup winning team India captain Rohit Sharma also said goodbye to T20 international cricket.
India defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the T20 World Cup final and won the title for the second time.
India’s batsman Virat Kohli announced his retirement from T20 international cricket soon after the victory in the final, following his example Rohit Sharma also quit the short format cricket.
In a packed press conference after the final match, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement saying that there could be no better opportunity to retire from T20 cricket.
Rohit Sharma told reporters that he will now only play ODI and Test cricket.
In his T20 international career, Rohit Sharma has scored the most 4231 runs in 159 matches at an average of 32.05.
Rohit Sharma, who has hit 205 sixes in his T20 international career, has also scored 5 centuries.