After India defeated South Africa by seven runs in the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli declared his retirement from Twenty20 international cricket. For his penultimate T20I innings of 76 off 59 balls, which enabled India to win its second World T20 championship, he was named Player of the Match.
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During the Saturday post-match presentation, Kohli remarked, “This was my last T20 World Cup; this is exactly what we wanted to achieve.” “God is awesome; when you think you won’t be able to run, this happens. Perfect timing in a situation where it’s either now or never. I played my final Twenty20 match for India. Lifting that cup was our goal.
It was a known fact that I had declared my retirement from Twenty20 Internationals. Even if we didn’t win, I still planned to make the announcement. The next generation needs to step up and advance the Twenty20 league. We had been waiting a long time to win an ICC tournament. Consider Rohit, who has participated in nine T20 World Cups; I have participated in six. He is deserving of it.”
After making his Twenty20 debut in June 2010, Kohli played in 125 Twenty20 Internationals and amassed 4188 runs, including 38 half-centuries and one century. After Rohit Sharma, he was the second-highest run-scorer in T20Is.