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Kohli's 76 off 59 balls against South Africa was his last innings in a T20I for India, and it did not go in vain. He did not have to think twice to pass the baton to the next-gen players to take the team into the future.
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In 125 T20I matches, Kohli scored 4188 runs at an average of 48.69 with 122 being his highest score. That was his only T20 century - coming against Afghanistan in September 2022.
Over the years, Kohli revelled in taming big occasions and on his last day as a T20I player for India he did not waver from that tradition.
Kohli was delighted for his long-time teammate and skipper Rohit Sharma as the latter grabbed a much-cherished World Cup
In fact, this was Rohit's second T20 world title as he was also a part of the India side that won the trophy in 2007 under the legendary MS Dhoni.
"It's been a long wait for us to win an ICC tournament. It's not just me alone. You look at someone like Rohit as well. He's played nine T20 World Cups. This is my sixth. So, he deserves it as much as anyone else in the squad."
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However, Kohli admitted that he came into the final without much confidence after a lean run in the group and Super Eight stages.
"It's hard to explainthe emotions I felt after the game. I knew what kind of mindset I was in. I wasn't very confident in the last few games. I wasn't feeling really good out there.
"But when God has to bless you with something, he shows you in ways that you can't imagine. That's why I said I'm really grateful and humbled right now."
As someone who generally keeps his equanimity in all kind of situations, Kohli tore that mask away and showed his tender side to the world.
"It's been difficult and hence the emotions. It's really difficult to hold things back. I think it's going to sink in a little later and the emotions are going to come to the surface little later. But it's just an amazing day and I couldn't be more thankful," he concluded.
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| Virat Kohli Batting Career Summary | |||||||||||||
| Format | M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Test | 113 | 191 | 11 | 8848 | 254 | 49.16 | 15924 | 55.56 | 29 | 7 | 30 | 991 | 26 |
| ODI | 292 | 280 | 44 | 13848 | 183 | 58.68 | 14797 | 93.59 | 50 | 0 | 72 | 1294 | 152 |
| T20I | 124 | 116 | 31 | 4112 | 122 | 48.38 | 2997 | 137.2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 363 | 122 |
| IPL | 252 | 244 | 37 | 8004 | 113 | 38.67 | 6065 | 131.97 | 8 | 0 | 55 | 705 | 272 |
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Aggressor. Anchor. KING! ????
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