{"id":41116,"date":"2024-06-30T15:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T10:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=41116"},"modified":"2024-06-30T15:06:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T10:06:41","slug":"kohli-rohit-retire-from-t20-internationals-with-well-deserved-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world-cup-2024\/kohli-rohit-retire-from-t20-internationals-with-well-deserved-farewell\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohli-Rohit duo retire from T20 internationals with well-deserved farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BARBADOS: India&#8217;s Star batsman Virat Kohli and Skipper Rohit Sharma announced their retirement from T20 Internationals after sailing India to a T20 World Cup triumph for the second time on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Men in Blue playing first put 176 and afterward restricted Proteas to 169, clinching the greatest victory by 7 runs in the final match of the ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup 2024 in Barbados.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Star batsman Kohli put a run of low scores behind him to make 76 as he was named player of the match, with the 35-year-old saying <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">afterward, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;This was my last T20 World Cup, and this is what we wanted to achieve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;One day you feel you can&#8217;t get a run, then things happen. God is great, and I got the job done for the team on the day it mattered,&#8221; he added. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Now or never (that was my) last T20 for India, wanted to make the most of it. Wanted to respect the situation rather than force it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CHAMPION vibes all around<\/p>\n<p>These Two <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/T20WorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#T20WorldCup<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamIndia<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SAvIND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SAvIND<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImRo45?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImRo45<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imVkohli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imVkohli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SXTkzdNcJX\">pic.twitter.com\/SXTkzdNcJX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1807126681087623193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Virat Kohli<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0pressed on whether he had played his last T20 international, added at the presentation ceremony: &#8220;This was an open secret, it&#8217;s time for the next generation to take over, some amazing players will take the team forward and keep the flag waving high.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Former India captain Kohli, one of the outstanding batsmen of his generation, scored more on Saturday than he had in the rest of the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Before<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the showpiece match at the Kensington Oval, he had managed just 75 runs in seven innings during the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;No better time&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rohit who opened the innings alongside Kohli, had been the team&#8217;s form batsman leading into the final with 248 runs, including three fifties, at an average of over 41.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He departs the format as the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">highest-ever<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> scorer in T20 internationals with 4,231 runs &#8212; Kohli is second with 4,188 runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rohit&#8217;s five centuries in T20 internationals are unmatched and he has also won two T20 World Cup titles: winning the first edition as player in 2007 and now as captain in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;This was my last (T20i) game as well. There is no better time to say goodbye to this format,&#8221; Rohit told the post-game press conference. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve loved every moment of this. I started my India career playing this format. This is what I wanted, I wanted to win the Cup,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s your Captain Rohit Sharma signing off from T20Is after the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/T20WorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#T20WorldCup<\/a> triumph!<\/p>\n<p>He retires from the T20I cricket on a very special note!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Captain! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamIndia<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImRo45?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImRo45<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NF0tJB6kO1\">pic.twitter.com\/NF0tJB6kO1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1807162277466152979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I wanted this badly. It&#8217;s very<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0hard to put in words. It was a very emotional moment for me. I was very desperate for this title in my life. I&#8217;m happy that we eventually crossed the line,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While Rohit has been the dominant India batsman in this tournament, where Kohli has struggled for runs, it was a <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">case of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> role reversal on Saturday, with Rohit out for nine as India slumped to 34-3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kohli, however, rebuilt the innings during a stand of 72 with Axar Patel (47) <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">helped<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> take India to 176-7, before a superb bowling and fielding display restricted South Africa to 169-8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;None of us doubted him, we know his quality,&#8221; said Rohit of Kohli, who bowed out of T20 internationals with 4,188 runs in 117 innings, including one hundred and 38 fifties, at an average of nearly 49.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;He has been at the top of his game for 15 years <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">now<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Big players will step up <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> big occasions and he played a crucial knock today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;It was a team effort to get to that total but we knew we needed someone to bat time and he did that perfectly, using all his experience,&#8221; added Rohit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The game also marked the final match in charge for India T20 coach and former skipper Rahul Dravid, who was bounced in the air by the team during the celebrations. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I&#8217;m very happy for Rahul, he has done so much for Indian cricket, including when he was playing and now coaching,&#8221; said Rohit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;He has worked so hard with this time for three years, supported the team a lot, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">understood<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> what the boys needed,&#8221; he <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">aded<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BARBADOS: India&#8217;s Star batsman Virat Kohli and Skipper Rohit Sharma announced their retirement from T20 Internationals after sailing India to a T20 World Cup triumph for the second time on Saturday. 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