Virat Kohli Retires from T20 Internationals After World Cup Victory

Virat Kohli Retires from T20 Internationals

Virat Kohli Retires from T20 Internationals: Viral Kholi also known as the ‘King Kholi’ has announced his retirement from T20 international cricket. This was his last T20 World Cup after this he won’t play any more T20 International cricket.

Virat announced his retirement soon after India won the T20 World Cup against South Africa when he was given the ‘Man of the Match’ award and was being interviewed, he said, “This was my last T20 World Cup and this is exactly what we wanted to achieve.”

“This is an amazing game, I was telling Rohit today when we went out to bat that one day you feel like you can't get a run, and then you come out and things happen. God is great. I bow my head in gratitude. I'm really grateful was able to get the job done for the team when it mattered the most.”

Viral Kholi also said, “This is my last T20 game playing for India, my last World Cup I was going to play. I wanted to make the most of it. And this was our aim. We wanted to win an ICC tournament, we wanted to lift the cup.”

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“As I said, it was the occasion that helped me put my head down and respect the situation rather than trying to force things out there, and play the game my team wanted me to play.”

When he was asked whether he was really retiring or not, he replied “Yes, I have. This was an open secret, it was not something that I was not going to announce if we'd lost. This was going to be my last T20 World Cup playing for India, it's time for the next generation to take over.”

“Two-year cycle, there are some amazing players playing in India, they're going to take the team forward in the T20 format, and do wonders as we've seen them do in the IPL. I've no doubts they'll keep the flag waving high, and really take this team further from here now."

Soon after Virat Kholi's retirement announcement, Captain Rohit Sharma also announced his retirement from T20 International Cricket.

But Rohit also announced that he would still play for India in Tests and ODIs. He is taking retirement from only T20 international cricket.

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