This season of T20 World Cup 2024 was unique on its own! The ICC event saw 20 teams participating for the first time together, USA hosted its first-ever ICC event, matches were played on drop-in pitches, and also bowlers dominated in the format which is largely known to favour bowlers.

Apart from the aforementioned peculiarities, the T20 World Cup 2024 also witnessed several legends hanging their boots and retiring from T20I cricket. After the final alone, as many as three India legends retired from T20 internationals.

Players who retired after T20 World Cup 2024

Virat Kohli: The former India captain announced his retirement from T20Is as soon as he received his 'Player of the Match' trophy for scoring 76 off 59 runs in the final. Kohli played 125 T20I matches and scored 4188 - second-most in the history of the game.

Rohit Sharma: India captain fulfilled his long-awaited dream of winning the title after India defeated South Africa by seven runs in Barbados. He played 159 matches and scored 4231 runs - most in the history of the game.

Ravindra Jadeja: The star all-rounder retired from the format a day after India's win to end their 13-year wait for an ICC World Cup. Jadeja played 74 T20Is to score 515 runs and pick 54 wickets.

David Warner: The Australian opener had announced that he would retire after the T20 World Cup 2024. He did not get a fairytale finish to his career as Australia failed to qualify for the semi-finals. Warner played 110 T20Is to score 3277 runs - seventh highest at the time of his retirement.

Trent Boult: The star left-arm pacer played his last T20I match for New Zealand against PNG in the Super 8 round of T20 World Cup 2024. Boult finished his T20I career with 83 wickets in 61 T20I matches. He picked nine wickets in four matches for T20 World Cup 2024 - most by anyone from his team.