The likes of Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr, David Beckham and Conor Mcgregor liked Virat Kohli’s Instagram post after India’s 2024 T20 World Cup triumph, beating South Africa by seven runs in a heart-stopping T20 World Cup final on Saturday to end their 11-year wait for a global title.
“Couldn’t have dreamt of a better day than this. God is great and I bow my head in gratitude. We finally did it,” Kohli posted on Instagram.
Up unti lthe T20 World Cup final, Kohli had managed mere 75 runs from seven games, including two ducks. India won every game but Kohli was reduced to a concerning afterthought, saved by the middle order and bowlers.
Captain and fellow opener Rohit Sharma, despite their low-scoring partnerships at the World Cup, insisted throughout that he and Kohli were the first names on the team list.
His faith was repaid in the final against South Africa on Saturday, when Kohli led India’s batting with 76 from 59 balls in a competitive total of 176-7. The bowlers brilliantly defended the total to win a thriller by seven runs and make India a world champion for the first time in 13 years.
“None of us doubted him,” Sharma said of Kohli, shortly before the skipper announced his own retirement from T20 internationals later Saturday.
“We know his quality. He has been at the top of his game for 15 years now. Big players will step up in big occasions and he played a crucial knock today. 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.”
After being named man of the match, Kohli said it was his last T20 international.
“One day you feel like you can’t get a run, but one day things just click,” he said.
“I am so proud to get the runs for the team on the day it mattered most. The occasion prompted that change for me, I felt like it was now or never. We have wanted to lift a trophy for a long time. The occasion made me put my head down, respect the situation and play the innings that the team needed from me.”
(With inputs from Agencies)
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