Watch: “If I want to…”: Rohit Sharma hints at T20I Return after ODI World Cup 2027

Rohit Sharma, who announced his retirement from the T20 internationals after India won the World Cup 2024 by beating South Africa in the final in a thrilling contest at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, has hinted at his comeback in the shortest format and being part of the Shreyas Iyer-led side. 

Rohit joined Virat Kohli and later Ravindra Jadeja to retire from the shortest format of the game for the blue brigade. He left the format as the highest run-scorer with 4231 runs in 159 matches and holds the record for the most centuries (five) in the T20Is.

What did Rohit Sharma say about a possible T20I comeback?

During one of the episodes of ‘Family Full House with Rohit Sharma’, one of the fans asked the Mumbai batter who he would call in an emergency situation between Shreyas Iyer and the ODI captain of the side, Shubman Gill.

Watch the moment here- 

“Both are captains of India now. Gill is my captain right now, and I want to play in the 2027 World Cup, so I have to keep him happy. After the 2027 WC, if I want to make a comeback in T20I. I'll have to keep Shreyas happy. So I need both of them.” Rohit expressed this as his answer with a smile on his face.  

The veteran finished the T20 WC 2024 as the second leading run-scorer with 257 runs at a strike rate of 156.870 in the difficult batting conditions of the West Indies and the United States of America (USA).

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“This was my last game as well. No better time to say goodbye to this format. I've loved every moment of this. I started my India career playing this format. This is what I wanted; I wanted to win the cup. I wanted this badly. Very hard to put in words. It was a very emotional moment for me. I was very desperate for this title in my life. Happy that we eventually crossed the line.” The Nagpur-born addressed.

Rohit Sharma’s T20I record: Runs, centuries and career stats

Rohit finished his career for India with 4231 runs in 151 innings of the T20Is at an average of 32.05 and a blistering strike rate of 140.89, thanks to five centuries and 32 half-centuries at the best score of unbeaten 121 runs. 

The right-handed batter, however, continues to be part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the Mumbai Indians. Out of his 7329 runs in his career at a strike rate of 132.91, he smashed 418 runs in 2025 at a strike rate of 149.28 with four fifties, while in 2026, he smacked 283 runs at a strike rate of 157.22 with two fifties.

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At the moment, though, Rohit pays his entire focus and attention to the upcoming ODI World Cup 2027 in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia, which would be his last in the format.