Cricket News Desk. Actually, it was very good for the sports world, where if we talk about cricket, Team India won the title of T20 World Cup 2024. When we look at Paris Olympics, India had won 6 medals. India could not win a single gold in the Olympics, but this time from shooter Manu Bhaker to javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, everyone tried their best. On one hand, every Indian is happy to see the achievements of India before the end of the year, on the other hand, there is a disappointment in everyone's mind. No sports fan will forget the year 2024, when India lost a medal in the Paris Olympics due to Nishan Phogat's disqualification. After this he surprised everyone by announcing his retirement.
Apart from Vinesh, many big names from the sports world broke the hearts of fans by announcing their retirement this year. Let us know about 10 such moments of the match which broke the hearts of the fans.
1. T20I retirement of Rohit-Virat-Jadeja
In the year 2024, the Indian team will win the T20 World Cup 2024 title by defeating South Africa by 7 runs. After India won the T20 World Cup after 11 years, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja announced their retirement from T20 Internationals. This moment was full of pain for cricket fans, which cannot be easily forgotten.
2. Rahul Dravid's tenure ends
In the year 2024, the Indian team will win the T20 World Cup title under the coaching of Rahul Dravid. After winning this tournament, Rahul Dravid's tenure as head coach ended. In this way Dravid was out this year also. However, Rahul Dravid has been made the head coach of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025. At the same time, Gautam Gambhir was appointed the head coach of the Indian team in his place.
3. Vinesh Phogat lost gold due to being 100 grams overweight (Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement)
India lost one of its medals at the Paris Olympics due to Vinesh Phogat's disqualification. Vinesh Phogat was disqualified on 7 August 2024. On the morning of the final, Vinesh was disqualified after being found 100 grams overweight. A day after this, Vinesh said goodbye to the game. Every Indian was feeling the pain of Vinesh's disappointment after coming so close to the medal.
4. Team India's biggest loss at home
In the year 2024, the Indian cricket team had to face a crushing defeat. The New Zealand team has set a new record in Test cricket by clean sweeping India 3-0 in the series. This was India's biggest defeat on home ground. Team India's streak of consecutive Test series wins in India was broken. India has lost the Test series on home ground after 12 years. Earlier, England had defeated the Indian team in the Test series during the India tour in 2012-13.
5. Cricket fans got a 'triple' shock on 8 December.
The day of 8 December 2024 was no less than a nightmare for the Indian cricket team. Team India had to face defeat in 3 matches in a single day. Be it the youth Indian team or the women's team or the senior men's team.
Indian women's team was defeated by Australian team by 122 runs in the second ODI. After this, the Indian team lost the second Test against Australia by 10 wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. At the end of the day, Bangladesh defeated India in the final of the Under-19 Asia Cup 2024.
6.PR Sreejesh Retirement
Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, known as the wall of the Indian hockey team, announced his retirement after winning the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics 2024. India won the bronze medal by defeating Spain and after this Sreejesh said goodbye to hockey. After retirement, PR Sreejesh was appointed head coach of the junior men's hockey team by Hockey India.
7. R Ashwin retired
India's legendary off-spinner R Ashwin surprised everyone by suddenly retiring from international cricket. He played 287 matches across all three formats and took 765 wickets. Ashwin announced his retirement during a press conference after the third Test (Gabba) between India and Australia was drawn.
8. PV Sindhu faced disappointment (PV Sindhu lost the medal)
PV Sindhu had won a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but she could not even reach the semi-finals in the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, Sindhu capped off her season by winning the Syed Modi International title.
9. Defeat in the Under-19 World Cup final (U19 WC Final 2024)
The Indian team had to face defeat in the final match of the Under-19 World Cup 2024. Australian team defeated India by 79 runs. Chasing the target of 245 runs, Team India could score only 174 runs in 43.5 overs. In this way, like the ODI World Cup 2023, this time also the Indian team had to face disappointment.
10. Sunil Chhetri
Retired from international football after a FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier against Kuwait on 6 June 2024. The last international match of Sunil's career against Kuwait was a goalless draw. After the farewell match, Chhetri came out of the Salt Lake Stadium crying with folded hands.
