Having lifted the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Suryakumar Yadav has already set his sights on the Olympic Games and the next edition of the tournament. Immediately after the victory on Sunday night, the India skipper declared that an Olympic gold medal is now the team's next target.

"The next goal is the Olympics. Olympic gold and also the T20 World Cup that year. Don't forget," Suryakumar said at a crowded post-match media conference in Ahmedabad, putting to rest speculation over his future plans.

Rohit Sharma had announced his retirement immediately after India's 2024 World Cup triumph in Barbados. In a similar situation, there had been considerable anticipation around Suryakumar Yadav's future plans. With this latest announcement, there is now clarity on how India will shape its preparations over the next two years.

The Olympic Games will be held in Los Angeles in August 2028, while the next edition of the T20 World Cup will be played later that year in Australia and New Zealand.

Suryakumar also reflected on the journey over the last month and said the feeling of winning the World Cup has not yet sunk in.

"It'll take a little bit of time to sink in. We have just come out of a game. It was a good game. Playing at home. When we wake up tomorrow and go back home, I don't know where we are going, but it will be a special feeling. Whatever happened in the last two years post 2024 T20 World Cup has been unbelievable and I don't know how to express it. It has been a wonderful journey.

"Obviously it has been a wonderful journey the last one month though it didn't start the way we wanted it to start. But then it's part of the sport. Throughout the journey till today, it has been very special and collectively as a team what we've achieved is in front of you."

Of the nine matches, India won eight, although the campaign was not initially smooth. India struggled to overcome USA in the first match and then lost a Super 8 game to South Africa. Suryakumar said the campaign gathered momentum after the match against Zimbabwe.

"When we played in Chennai against Zimbabwe, I felt that we have started playing a different brand of cricket. I understood a little bit how to play going forward. And when I played the (virtual) quarterfinal against West Indies at the Eden Gardens, I felt that there was a different level of confidence in this team."

The India skipper said his memorable catch in the 2024 final changed his life and that he set his sights on the home World Cup after being appointed captain.

"That catch changed my life completely. Because that was a moment of the tournament. And then after that, when I started leading this amazing team, it was a very special feeling because I knew that we were going to play the World Cup in India after two years.

"And no team has ever won in India. And when you play T20 World Cup or any tournament in India, there is a different vibe, a different excitement. So I started telling everyone when we started playing bilaterally that you should be excited that when you play in India in the T20 World Cup, people will have expectations from you, they will talk to you, you will enjoy it more.

"So with that excitement we started that journey. And the way we played in the T20 World Cup, the way we wanted to play and the way we won this trophy, that is part of that excitement. So it has been a very beautiful journey. And hopefully, this continues."

India have been playing a more attacking brand of cricket and the skipper said that style will continue. "Everything was changed post 2024. We played a different brand of cricket in 2024 and from there we understood how this team needs to work forward, play forward.

"And it's been a wonderful journey since. We won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025, played a completely different brand of cricket, and now in 2026, we wanted to do something special in front of the home crowd right here. We want to continue doing that 27 - 28 - 29 and never stop."