India captain Rohit Sharma with the T20 World Cup trophy. (X | BCCI)
Rohit Sharma says all his reaction after India won the T20 World Cup final against South Africa on Sunday were all “instinctive” and the feeling of winning the cup has still not sink it yet.
“Nothing was scripted. It was all coming instinctively. I was feeling the moment,” Rohit said in a video posted by the BCCI.
“When I went to the pitch, that pitch gave us this trophy. I will remember that ground forever in my life and that pitch as well. I wanted to have a piece of it with me.
“Those moments are very special, the place where all our dreams came true and I wanted something of it,” said Rohit.
💬💬 𝙄𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙚𝙩
The celebrations, the winning gesture and what it all means 🏆
Captain Rohit Sharma takes us through the surreal emotions after #TeamIndia‘s T20 World Cup Triumph 👌👌 – By @Moulinparikh @ImRo45 | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/oQbyD8rvij
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 2, 2024
Rohit has also explained the feelings and how he doesn’t care about his sleep.
“The feeling actually is surreal. It hasn’t sunk in yet,” he said.
“It’s been a great moment right from the time the game got over to till now. It feels like a dream. It feels like it hasn’t happen. Although it has happened but it feels like it hasn’t happened .. (laughs).
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma with T20 World Cup 2024. (Agencies)
“That’s the emotions and feelings you have. We have dreamt about this for such a long period of time, we worked hard as a unit for such a long period of time and to see this (the trophy) with us it feels quite relieved as well. When you worked hard for something and eventually at the end you get it, feels really really nice.
“Last night we had a good time, we had a blast with the teammates till the early morning. I would say I didn’t sleep properly but that’s absolutely fine by me. There is lot of time for me to go back and sleep. I am going to catch up on that. I want to live this moment, each minute, each second that is passing by and will try to make the most out of it,” he said.
Barely an hour after guiding India to a thrilling seven-run victory over South Africa in the final, Rohit Sharma joined Virat Kohli in announcing his retirement from international T20 matches.
Rohit Sharma, 37, is the format’s highest scorer with 4231 runs in 159 matches for India, with five centuries. Saturday’s breakthrough win was his second T20 World Cup success after winning the inaugural tournament in 2007.
He has played in every T20 World Cup tournament since, with only Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan doing likewise.
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