Virat Kohli Retirement: As India Became Champions, Virat Kohli Announced His Retirement, Saying – This Is My Last T20…

Virat Kohli Retirement: As soon as India became champions in the 2024 T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli announced his retirement. He stated that this was his last World Cup.

Virat Kohli Retirement:

In the final of the T20 World Cup 2024, India defeated South Africa by 7 runs to clinch their second championship. Virat Kohli played a crucial innings of 76 runs in this match. However, during the post-match presentation, Kohli announced that this was his last World Cup. He mentioned that winning the World Cup trophy was something he aimed for in his career, and this was his final opportunity to play a T20 match for India. He has retired from T20 cricket.

In an interview after the match, Virat Kohli said, “Virat Kohli Retirement: This was my last World Cup. This is what we wanted to achieve. One day you feel like you’re not scoring runs and then this happens. God is great. It was a ‘now or never’ situation for me. This was my last T20 match for India. We wanted to lift this World Cup. Even if we had lost, I was going to announce my retirement.”

Virat Kohli praised Rohit Sharma

In his post-match presentation, saying, “Rohit Sharma has played 9 T20 World Cups, and this was my sixth World Cup. Rohit is the person in the squad who deserves this victory the most. I am very happy that we could achieve this win, and it’s very difficult to express emotions in words after such a big win. My confidence was growing in the last few matches, but I wasn’t feeling good going into the crease.”

Virat Kohli’s Last Innings

Before the final of the T20 World Cup 2024, Virat Kohli had scored just 75 runs in 7 matches. However, he was not considered a player of big matches. Kohli played a splendid innings of 76 runs in the final match of the World Cup and his career’s final match, for which he was also awarded the Player of the Match.