Rohit Sharma, aged 37, retired from the 20-over format after leading India to victory in the T20 World Cup 2024. He exits as the format's top scorer with 4231 runs in 159 games.
South Africa needed 30 runs from 30 balls to win the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup, but Hardik Pandya's 3-20 and Jasprit Bumrah's 2-18 helped an unbeaten India secure their second title in the shortest format with a seven-run victory at the Kensington Oval on Saturday.
India seeks to break their ICC trophy drought since the 2013 Champions Trophy and clinch their first T20 World Cup title since the inaugural 2007 edition in South Africa.
South Africa reached their first final with a nine-wicket win over Afghanistan in Trinidad & Tobago, while India joined them by defeating England by 68 runs in the second semi-final in Guyana.
India will be playing the T20 World Cup 2024, to be organised in the Caribbean and the USA, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, said BCCI secretary Jay Shah