NEW DELHI: After leading India to a coveted 2024 T20 World Cup title win, Rohit Sharma will continue to lead India in the ICC World Test Championships and the ICC Champions Trophy, as the BCCI secretary Jay Shah hoped that he will lead India to the final in both the events and hopefully lift the trophies as well.
India ended an 11-year ICC trophy drought with a seven-run victory over South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup in Barbados on June 29.
In a video message shared on Sunday, Shah confirmed Rohit as the captain for the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle and the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled for 2025.
1/10:T20 World Cup: Team India victory parade
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2/10:PM Modi and Rohit Sharma
<p><br /><br />India's T20 World Cup winners returned home to a heroes' welcome, greeted by huge crowds of euphoric fans and praised by a grinning Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a private reception.<br /><br /><br /></p>PTI
3/10:Rohit Sharma
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.121826px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Frenzied crowds shouted "India, India" after the team landed at Delhi airport from the Caribbean, having been delayed for days by Hurricane Beryl.</p>AP
4/10:Rohit Sharma
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.121826px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The team waved to the crowds and danced to drums and live music at their hotel before heading off to meet Modi at his residence.</p>PTI
5/10:India champions
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.121826px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Rohit and his team wore Indian jerseys emblazoned with "Champions", as broadcasters showed images of them posing with their trophy and the premier.</p>Agencies
6/10:Bus of champions
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.121826px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Evening saw the team paraded in an open-topped bus through the financial capital Mumbai, the birthplace of India's cricket obsession, along a seafront route thronging with jubliant crowds.</p>Reuters
7/10:Wankhede Stadium
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.121826px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">They took a victory lap in front of thousands more fans at Wankhede Stadium, the site of India's last World Cup win for the 50-over edition of the tournament in 2011. </p>AFP
8/10:Sea of fans
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.121826px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Despite monsoon rain, crowds gathered outside New Delhi's airport long before dawn, waiting for a glimpse of their idols, who had beaten South Africa on Saturday in a thrilling final in Barbados.</p>AP
9/10:Rahul Dravid
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.121826px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The final match marked a poignant milestone for Coach Rahul Dravid, 51, as it was his last game in charge. Dravid, who had experienced the disappointment of a lackluster 2007 World Cup campaign as a captain, redeemed himself as a coach, masterminding India's unbeaten run to the title. <br /></p>Reuters
10/10:Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.121826px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Rohit, Kohli and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja all announced their retirement from T20 international cricket after the final.</p>PTI"I am confident that under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, we will win the WTC final and the Champions Trophy," Shah said.
"I want to congratulate Team India for this historic win. I want to dedicate this triumph to skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, (outgoing) head coach Rahul Dravid and Ravindra Jadeja. This was our third final in the last one year. We lost (to Australia, at the Oval) in June 2023. In November 2023, we scored 10 wins (in the ODI World Cup), and won the hearts of the people, but couldn't win the World Cup (India lost to Australia in the final)," Shah said.
1/9:Indian cricketers who have won all 3 ICC white ball trophies
Agencies
2/9:Harbhajan Singh
<p>Harbhajan Singh, the veteran Indian spinner, has achieved the rare distinction of winning all three prestigious white-ball ICC tournaments. His impressive career span saw him clinch the Champions Trophy in 2002, the T20 World Cup in 2007, and the ICC ODI World Cup in 2011.<br /></p>Agencies
3/9:Virat Kohli
<p>Virat Kohli has entered an elite club of cricketers, joining the legends of Indian cricket, by winning all three ICC white-ball tournaments - the T20 World Cup (2024), ODI World Cup (2011), and Champions Trophy (2013).</p>Agencies
4/9:Virat Kohli
<p>Virat Kohli has twice been 'Player of the Tournament' in ICC T20 World Cups and once in an ODI World Cup. While he couldn't lead his team to a World Cup victory in those tournaments, he was named 'Player of the Match' in the final of the T20 World Cup that India won.<br /></p>Getty Images
5/9:Virender Sehwag
<p>Virender Sehwag achieved a rare feat by winning all three ICC white-ball tournaments. He contributed to India's victories in the 2002 Champions Trophy and the 2007 T20 World Cup. His pivotal role in the 2011 ODI World Cup, highlighted by his explosive 175-run innings in the opener, set the tone for India's successful campaign in lifting the trophy.</p>Agencies
6/9:Yuvraj Singh
<p>Yuvraj Singh was instrumental in India's victories in the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup, earning the coveted "Player of the Tournament" award in both events. Additionally, he was a key member of the Indian team that won the Champions Trophy in 2002.<br /></p>Agencies
7/9:Yuvraj Singh
<p>While taking his Indian team to the trophy, Yuvraj Singh smashed six sixes in an over of England's Stuart Broad and recorded fastest 50 in just 12 balls.</p>Agencies
8/9:MS Dhoni
<p>MS Dhoni, widely regarded as India's most successful captain, has achieved an unprecedented feat by winning all three ICC white-ball tournaments as a captain. Under his leadership, India lifted the T20 World Cup in 2007, the ODI World Cup in 2011, and the Champions Trophy in 2013.</p>Agencies
9/9:MS Dhoni
<p>MS Dhoni stands alone in the annals of cricket history as the only captain to have won all three white-ball ICC tournaments - T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup, and Champions Trophy. His iconic innings in the 2011 ODI World Cup final, where he finished with a six to secure India's victory, is etched in memory as a landmark moment.</p>Agencies"I had said in Rajkot (on February 14 this year) that in June 2024 that we will win the hearts of the people, and also the T20 World Cup (in USA & West Indies), and plant the tri-colour (in Barbados). And our captain did it. In this win, the last five overs (of the South African innings) played a big role. For this contribution, I want to thank Suryakumar Yadav (took a great catch to dismiss David Miller at long-off), (Jasprit) Bumrah (bowled a game-changing over), Arshdeep Singh (bowled an economical second-last over) and Hardik Pandya (bowled the last over of the match). Now, our next target is the WTC final and the Champions Trophy," Shah further said.
Rohit had announced his retirement from T20 internationals after leading the team to their second World Cup victory in the shortest format, describing it as the perfect time to bid adieu.
Rohit joined his longtime teammate Virat Kohli, who also retired from T20Is minutes after India won the final.
"This was also my last game. There couldn't have been a better time to say goodbye. I desperately wanted this trophy. It's hard to put into words. This is what I wanted, and it happened. I was very determined to achieve this in my life. I'm happy that we crossed the line this time," Rohit had expressed after India's triumph in the final.
Rohit concluded his T20I career with 4,231 runs from 159 matches, including five centuries and 32 fifties.
