Virat Kohli Retirement from T20 International: 29th June again became a memorable day for Indian cricket history. In the final of the T20 World Cup 2024 played in Barbados, the Indian team defeated South Africa by 7 runs and won the title after 16 years. India won an ICC trophy after 11 years and won the World Cup title after 13 years. However, after this match, a star disappeared forever from the shortest format of cricket for Indian cricket fans. Virat Kohli, who played an invaluable innings of 76 runs in the match, retired from the T20 World Cup after winning the title. This was also his last T20 International match.
Kohli became emotional while taking retirement
After winning the Player of the Match title, Virat Kohli said, “This was my last T20 World Cup, this was what we wanted to achieve. One day you feel that you cannot score runs and it happens, God is great. This was my last T20 match for India. We wanted to lift that cup. It was not that I was not going to announce retirement after losing. It is time for the next generation to take the T20 game forward. It has been a long wait for us to win an ICC tournament. You look at a player like Rohit, he has played 9 T20 World Cups and this is my sixth. He deserves it.
Virat Kohli made his T20 debut against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2010. He has played 124 T20 International matches so far and has scored 4112 runs. Kohli has one century and 37 half-centuries to his name in this format. Kohli has remained unbeaten 31 times during this period. His average in T20 has been 48.22. He has also taken 4 wickets in this format.
