The 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup final saw India defeat South Africa by seven runs, and as a result, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirements from Twenty20 international cricket. After winning Player of the Match for his last Twenty20 International, in which he scored 76 runs off of 59 balls and helped India win its second World T20 title, Kohli made the announcement. Rohit Sharma then confirmed the decision at a press conference.
“This was my last [T20I] game as well. No better time to say goodbye to this format. I’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,” said Rohit Sharma. “I wanted this badly. Very hard to put in words. It was a very emotional moment for me. I was very desperate for this title in my life. Happy that we eventually crossed the line.”Also Read IND vs SA Final LIVE Score, T20 World Cup 2024!
Rohit, who made his T20I debut in the inaugural T20 World Cup, against England in Durban in 2007, played 159 matches for India, scoring 4231 runs to end his career as the highest run-getter in the format for his country. He scored five hundreds, including a career-best 121 not out against Afghanistan earlier this year, to go with his 32 half-centuries. He also ended his career as the most successful T20I captain, with 50 wins (including Super Over/bowl-out victories), two more than Pakistan’s Babar Azam.
Earlier, speaking to the official broadcaster after winning the player of the match award, Kohli said: “This was my last T20 World Cup, this is exactly what we wanted to achieve. One day you feel like you can’t get a run and this happens, God is great. Just the occasion, now or never kind of situation. This was my last T20 game playing for India. We wanted to lift that cup. Also Read IND vs ENG Toss Delayed by Rain: Guyana Weather Update!
“It was a well-kept secret that I had [announced my retirement from T20Is]. 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. Compared to Rohit [Sharma], who has been in nine T20 World Cups, this is my sixth. He is deserving of it.”
After playing in 125 T20I matches for India since his debut in June 2010, Kohli amassed 4188 runs, including one century and 38 half-centuries. In 2014 and 2016, he was named Player of the Tournament in both T20 World Cups. After Rohit Sharma, Kohli was the second-highest run scorer in Twenty20 Internationals.
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