'Hitman' Rohit Sharma's take on his retirement plans post T20 WC, ‘actual World Cup’, and more

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ALSO READ: Watch: Rohit Sharma teases Dinesh Karthik during MI vs RCB IPL 2024 match, caught on stump mic "I haven't really thought about retirement. But, I don't know where life takes you. I am still playing well at this point in time - so I am thinking I am going to continue for a few more years and then, I don't know.

I really want to win the World Cup and there is a WTC final in 2025, hopefully India makes it," Rohit said on ‘Breakfast With Champions’ show along with Gaurav Kapur and Ed Sheeran. On the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 final, which India lost to Australia by 6 wickets on November 19, 2023, Rohit said despite doing everything right and ticking all the boxes, that day was not for us (India). Rohit said that 50-over World Cup for him is the actual World Cup.

"50-over World Cup for me is the actual World Cup. We've grown up watching that World Cup. More importantly, it was happening in India in front of our home crowd.

We played so well up until that final. When we won the semi-finals, I thought, now we're just a step away. We're doing all the things right," he said.

ALSO READ: Rohit Sharma was surprised by fans’ reactions after World Cup loss, Hitman reveals on The Great Indian Kapil Show On being asked what went wrong in the World Cup final, the 'hitman' said, "What's the one thing that can make us lose the World Cup? Not a single thing came to my mind. Because I thought we ticked all the boxes, we were playing good cricket. Confidence was there." "We were all supposed to have one bad day and that I guess that was our bad day.