Ravindra Jadeja Retirement: The Indian team gave the whole country a chance to smile and laugh late on Saturday night.

India won the T20 World Cup title after 17 years by defeating South Africa. After 11 years, Team India has now ended the drought of ICC trophy under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. After this historic victory, three current world champion players of Team India suddenly announced their retirement. First Virat Kohli and then Rohit Sharma said goodbye to T20 International in the press conference.

On Sunday afternoon, star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja shared a special post on Instagram and announced his retirement from T20 International.

He wrote in his post, 'It was my dream to win the T20 World Cup and I say goodbye to my T20 International career with that. I have always given my best for my country and will continue to do so in other formats.'

How was Ravindra Jadeja's T20 International record?

Talking about Ravindra Jadeja, he scored 515 runs and took 54 wickets while playing 74 T20 Internationals for India.

For years, he was present as a useful and experienced player of Team India. He also contributed significantly in many historic victories. Jadeja is a part of Chennai Super Kings in IPL. It will also be interesting to see which team takes him in the mega auction next year. It will also be interesting to see whether he plays IPL after leaving T20 Internationals or not.

Lottery will be held for youth

Now that Ravindra Jadeja has retired, it is certain that Akshar Patel will be the main spin all-rounder of the team.

Apart from him, young players like Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma may also get a chance in Team India. However, Jadeja will still be a part of the team in ODI and Test formats. That means he can now be seen with the team on the Sri Lanka tour.