June 29 marks the first anniversary of India's T20 World Cup 2024 title win in Barbados. The win ended India's decade-long wait for an IC title win since India's 2013 ICC Champions Trophy title win.
It was India's second T20 World Cup win and the first since their win in the first edition of the T20 World Cup back in 2007. Though India made the knockouts of the tournament India never won the T20 World Cup till they won it in 2024.
Within the next 10 months, Rohit Sharma won another major ICC title win which was the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 earlier this year in March, winning two major ICC titles in quick succession.
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Rohit Sharma Relives Moments From India's T20 World Cup Win
India, unfortunately, lost the 2023 ODI World Cup final against Australia in Mumbai two years ago. Rohit then took matters in his own hands and scored a match-winning 92 in the league match against Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024 to knock them out of the tournament.
In the T20 World Cup final against South Africa, Rohit Sharma was dismissed early for just nine runs. However, it was Virat Kohli who saved his best for the last. He scored 77 runs off 59 balls. He anchored the innings with Axar Patel (47 runs off 31 balls) and Shivam Dube (27 runs off 16 balls before eventually falling in the 19th over.
Rohit Sharma, in a conversation with Star Sports, looked back at India's T20 World Cup campaign and spoke about the emotion in every match that they won. He specifically spoke about Suryakumar Yadav's iconic catch of David Miller that sealed the deal for India.
Rohit On SKY's Iconic Catch
South Africa needed 16 off the final over with David Miller facing Hardik Pandya. Pandya bowled a wide full-toss with Miller hitting it towards long on. The ball was in the air for an eternity with Suryakumar Yadav finally coming under the ball and took an iconic catch that sealed the game in India's favour.
"I thought it had gone [for a six]. Because I was at [long-on], I was standing opposite Surya. I was already thinking '10 needed off five balls', but then I saw that it's coming to Surya. It would have taken a blinder to take that catch. It would have taken a lot of effort to take that catch. Because when it was in the air, it looked like it'll cross the rope easily. But the way the wind was blowing, that pulled the ball a little bit into the ground I think. I was standing with Surya when they were checking the catch and I told him 'You only tell me [if it was a catch or not], I don't want to look [at the big screen]'," Rohit said.
Rohit, Kohli's T20 Retirement Call Stuns India Post T20 World Cup Win
Rohit, Kohli's T20 Retirement Call Stuns India Post T20 World Cup Win
The Proteas scored just 8 runs off the final over as India managed to win the final by seven runs and win their second T20 World Cup title. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their T20I retirements moments after India's T20 World Cup win taking the nation by surprise.
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