"There's a Reason I Won 5 IPL Trophies" - Rohit Sharma Promises To Push For More Glory With Team India

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Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has said the team will not stop after tasting T20 World Cup triumph and aims for more success, adding that "there is a reason" he won the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy five times in his career.

Rohit and Co ended India's 11-year ICC trophy drought as they defeated South Africa by seven runs in a thrilling final in June to capture their second ICC T20 World Cup title at Barbados.

Rohit, who took over the captaincy from Ricky Ponting in IPL 2013, led Mumbai Indians to the title in the very first season as skipper and then carried on the winning habit by guiding the team to four further titles,

Speaking at the CEAT Cricket Awards, Rohit said that Team India will keep pushing itself after winning the first big trophy in a long time, and "striving for better things" with more tournaments being lined up in the next few years.

"There is a reason I won five IPL trophies. I am not going to stop, because once you get the taste of winning games, and winning Cups, you do not want to stop and we will keep pushing as a team. We will keep striving for better things in the future," said Rohit.

Rohit said that the team has some big assignments coming up, like the tour to Australia for five Tests later this year, the ICC Champions Trophy and the ICC World Test Championship final (if the team qualifies for the latter) next year in Pakistan and the UK.

"We have got a couple of solid tours coming up, very challenging ones as well. For us, it never stops. Once you achieve something you always look forward to achieving more.

"That is what I will be doing. I am pretty sure my teammates will be thinking on the same line. What I have seen in the last two years in Indian cricket, there's some real excitement, some real good cricket is being played," he said.

The Indian skipper said that it was his dream to transform his team into a unit with more freedom and less thought about statistics and milestones. He thanked his "three pillars", former head coach Rahul Dravid, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah and chief selector Ajit Agarkar for their support.

"It was my dream to transform this team and not worry too much about the stats, the results, to make sure that we create that environment where people can go out there and play freely without thinking too much. That is what was required," Rohit said.

"I got a lot of help from my three pillars, who are Mr Jay Shah, Mr Rahul Dravid (and the) chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar. That was very critical for me to do what I did and not to forget the players, who came in at different points in time and helped the team to achieve what we achieved.

"When we won the World Cup, it was important for all of us to enjoy the moment which we did pretty well and thanks to our nation as well for celebrating with us," he added.