On this day in 2024, Team India lifted the T20 World Cup in the USA and Barbados. While they lost the ODI World Cup in November 2023, head coach Rahul Dravid had made up his mind to quit as India’s coach after the 2023 ODI World Cup final but it was the then India captain Rohit Sharma, who convinced him not to do so as they have had another World Cup in six months as well.

Rohit Sharma, on the anniversary of India’s T20 World Cup triumph last year, has now revealed the conversation he had with the coach as well.

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“Rahul bhai wanted to step down after the 2023 World Cup. But we said, ‘There’s another World Cup in six months. We’ve come this far. Let’s give it one more shot.’ He agreed-and I’m so glad he did. I’m sure even now he feels that he made the right decision. “For me personally, it was also emotional. My identity as a cricketer began with this format-in the 2007 T20 World Cup. To come full circle and lift the trophy again in 2024-it was just fantastic,” Rohit Sharma said in a chat on JioHotstar.

While talking about the feeling of finally lifting an ICC title as captain in Barbados, Rohit Sharma said that it was the proudest moment of his career.

“Barbados will forever be in my veins. This is the proudest moment of my cricketing career. To lift that trophy, to be crowned ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Champions-it was surreal. I played in the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup and we won under MS Dhoni’s captaincy. And now, to win it again with Rahul Dravid as head coach-it meant everything to this group. We’ve seen heartbreak. We’ve come so close. That’s why this one was so special. We worked and planned relentlessly-every day. And when we finally won, all the emotions came pouring out. The younger players, especially those playing their first World Cup, realised how hard it is to win one. Nothing can be taken for granted. It was magical,” Rohit Sharma concluded.