In a video shared by ICC, Rohit Sharma was captured eating sand from the Bardbaos pitch where India faced South Africa in a thrilling summit clash.
After India secured a 7-run win over South Africa in the final on Saturday to secure their second T20 World Cup title, a video of Rohit Sharma has gone viral on social media where he can be seen eating sand.
In a video shared by ICC, the Indian skipper was captured eating sand from the Bardbaos pitch where India faced South Africa in a thrilling summit clash.
Watch the viral video here:
India won the T20 World Cup title after 17 years. Prior to this, India under MS Dhoni’s captaincy won the T20 World Cup trophy in the first season in 2007.
At the Kensington Oval in Barbados, the Rohit Sharma-led side also ended their ended their 11-year ICC trophy drought.
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from T20 Internationals after leading Team India to its second World Cup conquest in the format. This was after his long-time teammate Virat Kohli also announced retirement soon after India’s dominating win over Proteas in the final.
"This was my last game as well. No better time to say goodbye. I wanted this (trophy) badly. It's very hard to put in words," Rohit told the post-match press conference.
"This what I wanted and it happened. I was very desperate for this in my life. Happy that we crossed the line this time," he added.
Rohit leaves T20Is with 4231 runs from 159 matches, having made five hundreds and 32 fifties. He continues to be active in the Test and ODI formats.
Kohli hoped that the next generation of players will take India to loftier heights.
"It's time for the next generation to take over. It's a two-year cycle (for next T20 WC), there're some amazing players playing in India. They're going to take the team forward in the T20 format and do wonders as we've seen them do in the IPL.
"I have no doubts that they'll keep the flag waving high and really take this team further from here now."
In 125 T20I matches, Kohli scored 4188 runs at an average of 48.69 with unbeaten 122 runs being his highest individual score. This was his only T20I century - coming against Afghanistan in September 2022.
(With inputs from PTI)
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