Kohli announced his retirement from T20 as a champion

There was uncertainty about his performance in the T20 World Cup. 'virat Hathao' rolled in Indian cricket. But India goes to the World Cup mission with the great of modern cricket. Kohli flopped as an opener throughout the tournament. He saved the best for last. When the team was in the final, Kohli played with a wide bat. He announced his retirement from the shortest format of cricket after winning the T20 World Cup.

Virat Kohli has announced his retirement from T20, the shortest format of cricket. India became the world champion by defeating South Africa by 7 runs in the final of the World Cup in Bridgetown. Virat Kohli became man of the match by playing a match-winning innings of 76 runs off 59 balls in the final. He announced his departure from international T20 when he came to receive the man of the match award in the final. He informed that he is giving up his place to give the young generation time to prepare for the next tournament.

Virat Kohli could not do justice to his name in this World Cup. He managed to score only 76 runs in 7 innings before the final. But in the final, Kohli shined with the bat. India lost 3 wickets for just 34 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma failed with the bat. On such a day, Kohli formed a pair with Akshar Patel to lead the team. When Patel left, Kohli made another pair with Shivam Dube and gave India a fighting capital. In the end, after playing an innings of 76 runs off 59 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes, he departed with Jansen's ball.

Based on this innings and Bumrah - Hardik's excellent bowling, India won the final. At the end of the match, Kohli announced his retirement from international T20 by coming to the stage to receive the player of the match award.

Announcing his retirement, he said, 'This is my last T20 World Cup and this (World Cup) is what we wanted to achieve. One day you think you are not getting a run, then it happens. God is great and I have done my work for the team the day it was needed. Either this time or never again, this is the last T20 for India, I really wanted it (World Cup). I wanted to hold the cup high, showing respect to the situation without forcing it. It's an open secret, it's the best time to take responsibility for the next generation. Some great players will take the team forward and uphold the honor of the flag.'

Virat Kohli made his T20 debut in Harare against Zimbabwe in 2010. In the last 14 years, he has scored 4188 runs at an average of 48.69 and a strike rate of 137.04 in 117 innings of 125 T20s in the Indian jersey. He has scored one century and maximum 38 fifties in this format.

Kohli is the highest run scorer in the history of T20 World Cup. He has scored 1292 runs at an average of 58.72 and a strike rate of 128.81 in 33 innings of 35 matches in the World Cup. The best batsman of modern cricket won the elusive title in the last World Cup of his career. Earlier, he won the ODI World Cup title in 2011.