"I just would have felt like an imposter"- Eoin Morgan on retiring before the T20 World Cup

England's World Cup-winning skipper Eoin Morgan has said that he would have felt like an 'imposter' had he extended his career till the T20 World Cup, which is scheduled for later this year.

Morgan, on Tuesday, called time on his decorated international career, capping off a successful stint as the English white-ball skipper.

The Irishman had recently been under immense pressure due to his lean patch. However, with a plethora of white-ball talent waiting in the wings, Morgan bid farewell to international cricket after the ODI series against the Netherlands, where he registered back-to-back ducks.

On several occasions, Morgan had implied that he would walk away from the side if he felt he didn't deserve an automatic spot. He believes that continuing to represent his country on current form would have gone against everything he stood for.

"It goes against everything I stand for, I just would have felt like an imposter," said Morgan as quoted by India Today.

Leaving something so close to your heart is quite difficult, but, as they say, there is a time and place for everything.

Morgan realized that his time was up during the series in Amsterdam, and while he admitted that it was a tough pill to swallow, the southpaw is exceptionally content with how his journey has panned out.

"I'm very happy with my decision. The day it hit me I was emotional, it was a difficult day, but since then I've been very content. I'd reached the end of the road," he said.

When asked if he had thought about continuing till the T20 World Cup, Morgan said it felt a million years away.

"The World Cup is in October and the feeling that day, it felt a million miles away," he said.

Morgan will be joining the Sky commentary team shortly, and he hasn't ruled out a future role as an administrator. He revealed that he is even doing a course related to it.

"I don't spend a lot of time in the boardroom, so I don't know how that would work, but I'm doing a course at the moment to allow me to sit on a board at some stage," he said.

Morgan, who played a crucial role in England's white-ball revolution post the chaos of the 2015 WC, walks into the sunset as England's leading run-getter and most capped player in ODIs and T20Is.