Indian captain Rohit Sharma became the second oldest captain to win an ICC trophy after he led his side to a second T20 World Cup title against South Africa in Barbados.
Rohit's age [37y, 60d] on Saturday, making him the oldest captain to win a T20 World Cup. He is also the second-oldest captain to win an ICC tournament final, behind Imran Khan, who was 39 years and 172 days old when Pakistan defeated England in the 1992 ODI World Cup final.
Imran Khan - 1992 ODI World Cup - 39y 172d
Rohit Sharma: 2024 T20 World Cup - 37y 60d
Brian Lara: 2004 Champions Trophy - 35y 146d
Aaron Finch: 2021 T20 World Cup - 34y 362d
Clive Llyod: 1979 ODI World Cup - 34y 296d
It must be noted Rohit has announced retirement from T20Is along with veteran batter Virat Kohli after historic win.
South Africa, chasing the 177 target in the final, fell seven runs short of the target. The only players to put up a front against the Indian bowling attack were Quinton de Kock and Heinrich Klaasen who scored 39 off 31 and 52 off 27 respectively.
Rohit had won the toss and elected to bat first. The decision, at first, did not seem right as Rohit, Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav fell early on in the innings.
However, Kohli who couldn't perform in the entire T20 World Cup 2024, blasted an innings of 76 runs off 59 balls, helping India to reach a total of 176 at the loss of seven wickets.
Accepting the Player of the Match award, Kohli also confirmed that this was his last T20 World Cup and T20I match while representing India and he will now hang up his boots.
Kohli’s glorious T20I career began in 2010 and the veteran batter went on to represent India in 125 T20Is scoring 4,188 runs averaging 48.69.
For India, this is their second T20 World Cup title win. The country won their first T20 World Cup title in 2007 (the inaugural edition of the tournament) defeating Pakistan in the final.
This T20 World Cup 2024 also ends India’s drought of trophies as they last won an ICC trophy back in 2013 when they won the Champions Trophy under the leadership of MS Dhoni.