New Headline: Rohit Sharma Just Took Back the Batsman Crown: On Display This Season

MUMBAI: Hailing the India men's team for winning the 2026 T20 World Cup and the Women's team too for clinching their maiden Women's ODI World Cup title last year, former India captain Rohit Sharma has expressed hope that "there is looking back from here," and both the sides "carry this momentum forward. " "I am very happy and very proud to see what we have been seeing for the last couple of years now. To come out with flying colours and achieve what we have achieved, not just the men’s team but also the women’s team winning that World Cup in (Navi) Mumbai was fantastic to watch.

Recently, the men’s team, what they did was phenomenal. I hope this is just the start, there is no looking back from here because once you get that momentum… we often talk about momentum and now both the men’s and women’s teams have that momentum. All I hope is that we carry this momentum forward," Rohit said at the launch of the new season of T20 Mumbai League and the announcement of the three-team T20 Mumbai Women's League on Saturday.

Led by Rohit Sharma and then Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian men's teams clinched back-to-back T20 World Cup titles in 2024 and then on March 8, 2026 in Ahmedabad, crushing New Zealand by 96 runs in the final. Meanwhile, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian women's team beat South Africa by 52 runs at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai to clinch the 2025 Women's ODI World Cup on No 3 last year. 129585453 The modern-day great credited the "people behind the scenes" as well for the success of the Indian men's and women's teams.

"There is no secret to success, it’s all about hard work. The men’s and women’s team have worked really hard to achieve what they have achieved today. Of course, it’s not just about the players who perform on the field, there are so many people behind the scene who have put in so much hard work into that success so that the team can have success.