Rohit Sharma T20 Retirement: Rohit Sharma spoke openly on T20 I retirement decision

New Delhi: We are currently in May 2025, Rohit Sharma took the biggest decision of his life almost a year ago i.e. in June 2024. After winning the T20 World Cup to India under his captaincy, he retired from this smallest format of cricket. Now after a year, he has spoken openly on this issue for the first time.

Talking on the YouTube channel of sports journalist Vimal Kumar, Rohit said, ‘If we did not win the T20 World Cup, I would have declared retirement anyway, because I had tried hard. It was not appropriate for me to continue the game. You have to give opportunity to others. But after winning, you feel that you still have power. You are playing well and you have also given results, so why not? Why not play? ‘

Recently retired from Test format
Rohit Sharma has scored 4231 runs in 159 matches in his T20 International career. He also holds the record for the highest century in the T20 International match. Hitman, who started his journey with the first T20 World Cup in 2007, is at the forefront with five centuries. Recently, he also announced his retirement from Test cricket. Now he is only active in ODI format for India.

Three veterans retired in one stroke
After winning the title, Virat Kohli first said goodbye to his T20 career and Rohit also made a similar announcement after him. The next day Ravindra Jadeja announced to quit T20 cricket.