Rohit Sharma: Captain Cool’s Record Breaking Journey|
On 9 March, Sunday, India’s skipper Rohit Sharma won the Champions Trophy 2025 title for his team, and this was his second ICC trophy under his captaincy. Rohit was made the full-time captain of India in 2022, and after that he led the team to many finals, such as:
2022 T20 World Cup
2023 World Test Championship
2023 ODI World Cup
2024 T20 World Cup
2025 Champions Trophy
Rohit is considered a very successful captain, and he built this reputation after becoming the captain of Mumbai Indians where he led the team to 5 IPL titles.
Rohit’s Retirement Update:
Rohit has confirmed that he is not retiring from ODI cricket. He said, “I am not going anywhere”, which gave great relief to the fans.
Rohit Sharma’s Trophy Cabinet:
Rohit has many titles till now, which makes him one of the top captains of the cricket world. Let’s see some of his major achievements:
IPL Titles(Mumbai Indians):
2013: Rohit took over the captaincy from Ricky Ponting and defeated Chennai Super Kings(CSK) in the final.
2015: Defeated CSK again in the final.
2017: Defeated Rising Pune Supergiants by one run.
2019: Beat CSK by one run in the final.
2020: Won the 56th IPL title by defeating Delhi Capitals in the final.
Rohit’s Mumbai Indians became the first team to win 5 titles in IPL history.
Champions League T20 (CLT20) 2013:
After winning the IPL, Rohit also won the Champions League T20 title for Mumbai, in which Rajasthan Royals were defeated in the final.
Nidahas Trophy- 2018:
In the absence of Virat Kohli, Rohit won the Nidahas Trophy for India. In the final, Bangladesh was defeated in a last ball thriller. In this match, Rohit scored 56 runs and completed 7000 runs in T20 cricket.
Asia Cup – 2018 and 2023:
2018: Defeated Bangladesh by 3 wickets in the final in Dubai.
2023: Won the Asia Cup by giving a big defeat to Sri Lanka in the final, which was a morale boosting win for the team before the World Cup.
T20 World Cup – 2024:
After 2013, India’s drought of ICC trophy ended when Rohit’s team defeated South Africa in the final in a last over thriller. This was India’s second T20 World Cup title after 2007. After this win, Rohit announced his retirement from T20I cricket, along with Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja also retired.
