ndia’s Virat Kohli performs a shot throughout the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup cricket, last match between India and South Africa , in Barbados on June 29, 2024.
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Star batter Virat Kohli on Saturday introduced his retirement from T20 Internationals after guiding India to their second T20 World Cup win right here.

Kohli anchored the innings with a match-winning 59-ball 76 with two sixes and 6 fours to carry India from a precarious 34 for 3 contained in the powerplay, to a formidable 176 for seven, cornerstone of India’s 7-run victory over South Africa.

Kohli stated after accumulating the Man of the Match award that it was his las T20I match for India.

“This was my final T20 World Cup, that is precisely what we wished to realize,” Kohli instructed the published after India’s win in a world match after 11 years.

“Someday you are feeling like you may’t get a run and this occurs, God is nice. (It’s) simply the event, now or by no means form of scenario. This was my final T20 sport taking part in for India. We wished to carry that cup,” he stated.

“Sure I’ve, this was an open secret (retirement). Not one thing that I wasn’t going to announce even when we had misplaced. Time for the subsequent era to take the T20 sport ahead,” Kohli confirmed when requested if he was making the official announcement about him calling it a day.

“It’s been a protracted watch for us, ready to win an ICC match. You take a look at somebody like Rohit (Sharma), he’s performed 9 T20 World Cups and that is my sixth.

“He deserves it. It’s been tough to carry issues (feelings) again and I believe it’s going to sink in later. It’s an incredible day and I’m grateful,” Kohli added.