The T20 World Cup was organized in America and West Indies. Team India performed brilliantly in the tournament and won the title. With the victory of the Indian team, captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their retirement. The contribution of both these players was very important in India’s World Cup victory. Rohit Sharma scored runs for India throughout the tournament. At the same time, Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings in an important match like the final and was the Player of the Match for Team India. Meanwhile, both these players have also benefited a lot in the ICC T20 rankings.
The ICC has released its new T20 International rankings on July 3. Where the Indian players were seen in their glory. In the World Cup, Team India openers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have also jumped in the men’s rankings. With this, he has also ended his T20 International career in a great way. Rohit Sharma was the highest run-scorer for India in this World Cup and has gained two places in the ICC T20I rankings. Rohit Sharma has reached the 37th position with 541 rating points. At the same time, Virat Kohli has reached the 40th position with 520 ratings.
Virat Kohli ended his T20 career with a match-winning innings of 76 runs off 59 balls against South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024. Rohit Sharma, on the other hand, scored 257 runs during the World Cup at a strong strike rate of 156.70 and an average of 45.81. Both the players benefited from their special performance. Before retirement, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli left this format at their highest level. Rohit Sharma was also made the captain of the ICC’s World Cup team.
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Both Rohit and Virat dropped out of the top 50 of the ICC T20 batting rankings during the early stages of the recent World Cup in the USA and West Indies, but made a brilliant comeback to get a place in the top 40. Suryakumar Yadav remains the top-order batsman in the latest ICC batting rankings as he is in second place with a rating of 838. There is no Indian batsman above him.