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Rohit Sharma became the only second Indian captain after MS Dhoni to guide the side to the T20 World Cup win. In the final, Men in Blue defeated South Africa by a margin of seven runs to end their 13-year-old World Cup drought. However, amidst the celebrations, Sharma dropped a shock-bomb on the entire nation by announcing his retirement from the T20I format.
The veteran batter followed the footsteps of his teammate Virat Kohli as the two bid adieu to the format. Sharma helped India add one more ICC trophy to their cabinet and bowed out of the format with the most T20I runs.
Rohit Sharma T20I Career Stats
Played over 150 T20I matches
Rohit debuted in the T20I format during the T20 World Cup 2007 as the youngest member of the team. In his 16 year and 282-day-long T20I career, which is the longest for an Indian player and fourth-longest overall, Rohit so far remains the only player with over 150 appearances (159). Following him is Ireland’s Paul Stirling with 145 appearances in the shortest format.
