Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli: After winning the T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa in Bridgetown, Barbados, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma surprised all the fans by announcing their retirement from T20 Internationals.

Both the legends will not be seen playing in this format for India again. Both Virat and Rohit believe that there could not have been a better time than this to say goodbye to this format.

At the same time, most fans are not happy with this decision of both the legends.

But in this article, we will mention the 3 main reasons which show why the decision of Rohit and Virat to retire from T20 International is right.

3. Questions were raised many times about his place in the team

Team India was not able to win the title in the 2021 and 2022 T20 World Cup. Virat Kohli's bat came out in many matches in the tournament. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma was also trolled for not being able to score runs.

It was not decided earlier that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli would play in the T20 World Cup 2024.

King Kohli was constantly being criticized for his strike rate. However, the veteran gave a befitting reply to the critics with his strong performance in IPL 2024. There is no doubt that Virat and Rohit are world class players. But their performance in the T20 format has come under question many times. Therefore, their retirement from T20 International is the right decision.

2. Best time to retire from T20Is

Rohit has played in every T20 World Cup campaign of India.

Kohli has been present in six of them. As their careers come to an end, both have a chance for a grand farewell and will be remembered as batsmen who played a key role in ending India's trophy drought. They couldn't have asked for a better time. They would not have got a farewell like this again had they continued to play in it.

1. The younger generation is ready to take over

Kohli is 35 years old, but his fitness is tremendous. Rohit is 37 years old and is obviously at the end of his international career.

Now the time has come for India to focus on young players who can take charge of the team in the next two-year cycle. The Indian team has no shortage of options.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are two such young batsmen who can become big contenders for this. Many other players including Rituraj Gaikwad are also in this race. All these players have proved themselves on many occasions in the IPL. Kohli himself also wants that now the young players should take Team India forward in this format.