India defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 played in Barbados on 29 June. After this final, experienced Indian team batsman Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma clicked a great picture together which also went viral on social media. Recently, experienced batsman Virat Kohli revealed about this picture of his.

Let us tell you, the first edition of the T20 World Cup was played in 2007 in which Rohit Sharma participated for the Indian team while Kohli did not make his international debut. 4 years later, Virat Kohli was included in the Indian team in the ICC ODI World Cup but Rohit Sharma could not participate in this tournament. Both these players participated together for the Indian team in the 2013 Champions Trophy.

However, after this, both these players participated in ICC events but could not win any trophy. Star Sports shared a video in which Virat Kohli revealed that, ‘This was very special for Rohit as well. His family was here. Samaira was sitting on her father’s shoulder. I told her that you should also hold the trophy for 2 minutes and we should take a picture together because this journey has been very long.’

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retire from T20 cricket after winning ICC T20 World Cup 2024

Let us tell you, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from T20 cricket after winning the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The performance of both these players has been very good in this format. Not only this, both Rohit and Virat are the highest run-scorers in T20 cricket. In 159 matches, Rohit Sharma has scored 4231 runs at an average of above 32 and a strike rate of around 141.

Talking about Virat Kohli, he has scored 4188 runs in 125 T20 matches at an average of 48.69 and a strike rate of 137.04. The Indian team will miss both these players a lot in T20 cricket. Virat Kohli played a match-winning innings of 76 runs for his team in the final against South Africa.