India won the T20 World Cup 2024 title for the second time by defeating South Africa by seven wickets in a thrilling final match. Virat Kohli, who struggled with his form throughout the World Cup, once again proved why fans call him ‘King Kohli’. After achieving a thrilling victory in the final match of the ICC tournament, Kohli surprised his fans by announcing his retirement from T20 international cricket. He made an explosive start to the innings by hitting three fours in the first over of the final match. When captain Rohit was asked about Kohli before the match, he said that his best performance is yet to come. Kohli proved the captain right.
Indian team’s star batsman Virat Kohli made a big announcement after the India’s title win against South Africa, saying that this is his last T20 World Cup and he wants to give a chance to young players. With this, Kohli has said goodbye to international T20, but he will continue to play in the IPL. India won the T20 World Cup title for the second time by defeating South Africa by seven wickets in a thrilling final match.
‘Time for the next generation to take the game forward’
Kohli batted brilliantly in this match and scored 76 runs off 59 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes. Kohli was awarded the Player of the Match award with the help of his important innings. While receiving the award, Kohli said, ‘this was my last T20 World Cup, this is what we wanted to achieve. One day you feel like you can’t run and it happens, God is great. Just the opportunity, it was a situation like now or never. This was my last T20 match playing for India. We wanted to lift that cup. Yes, I am making an announcement and it is an open secret. Nothing that I was not going to announce, even if we had lost. It is time for the next generation to take the T20 game forward. It has been a long wait for us waiting to win an ICC tournament. You look at a player like Rohit, he has played nine T20 World Cups and this is my sixth World Cup. He deserves this victory.’
Rohit ends T20I career on a high
After winning this title, captain Rohit Sharma also announced his retirement from T20 International, about which he said that there could not be a better time to take this decision.
After winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title, Rohit Sharma informed everyone about his decision in the press conference in which he said that this was my last match in T20 International. I enjoyed every moment since I started playing in this format. I also started my career with the Indian team with this format. The time to decide to retire from this format could not have been better. I had to win the cup.