In the final of the T20 World Cup 2024, India defeated South Africa by 7 runs and achieved the distinction of being the champion for the second time. In this match, Virat Kohli played an important innings of 76 runs, but in the presentation after the match, Kohli has announced that this was his last World Cup. Kohli told that he wanted to lift the World Cup trophy in his career and this was the last time he played a T20 match for India. He has retired from T20 cricket.
‘This is my last World Cup…’
In the interview after the match, Virat Kohli said, “This was my last World Cup. We wanted to achieve all this. One day you think you are not able to score runs and then it happens. Whatever God does, he does it for the good. 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.”
Praised Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli said in his post-match presentation, “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 were able to register a win and it is very difficult to put the feelings into words after such a big win. My confidence was high in the last few matches, but I was not able to feel good going to the crease.”
Virat Kohli’s last innings
Virat Kohli was able to score only 75 runs in 7 innings before the final of the T20 World Cup 2024. But he is not called a big match player just like that. Kohli played a brilliant innings of 76 runs in the final match of the World Cup and also the final match of his career, for which he was also given the Player of the Match award.