Rohit Sharma has stated after the 2025 Champions Trophy that he has no intention of retiring from one-day international cricket, a significant development for Indian cricket.
Rohit is the first captain since MS Dhoni to have two ICC trophies after India defeated New Zealand by four wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Much conjecture abounded about the 37-year-old’s direction going to the ultimate. He would be nearly 40 years old by the next ICC ODI competition, which is the 2027 World Cup; he already retired from T20Is last year.
“I won’t be retiring from this (ODI) mode either.” “Going ahead please don’t start rumors,” Rohit remarked during the post-match press conference as per news agency PTI.
Not further plans. “Whatever is happening will keep going,” Rohit included.
Coming into the tournament, Rohit questioned more his present than his future though he did doubt both. He couldn’t contribute significantly in the group stage if he was fighting for runs in Test cricket
Experts also phoned requesting him to alter his batting technique and downgrade the aggression level in order to bat longer. The captain, however, swept all that to rest with his spectacular innings in the last match.
Against the new ball, he scored 76 off 83 balls to establish the ideal starting for the 252-run run. Although fast wickets fell of the top-three, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel, too, didn’t have the run-rate pressure on them when they came at bat; Gill could slow down and add a 31 at the other side. With a 49th ball four, Ravindra Jadeja closed everything off.
As per Cricbuzz, he said earlier in the post-match presentation,” It is very nice. “Though the tournament we played some really good cricket, so to come out here and have the result our way is a great difference, very pleased with the way we played this game.” When you’re trying something different, you need the support of the management and of the team; it is not instinctive to me but something I really wanted to do, so they were right all the way with me.
