Virat Kohli has announced his retirement from T20 International. Kohli shocked everyone by announcing his retirement after leading Team India to the title in the final against South Africa. Team India defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final played in Barbados and with this, Team India created history by winning the T20 World Cup for the second time after 17 years. Kohli scored the highest 76 runs for Team India in the final and played an important role in leading the team to victory. Kohli was also given the Player of the Match award for this performance.

In the final against South Africa, Team India batted first and scored 176 runs.

Kohli played a strong innings in difficult conditions. He scored 76 runs in 59 balls, which included 6 fours and 2 sixes. After this, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh made a strong comeback for Team India and stopped South Africa at 169 runs and made Team India the champion by 7 runs.

My last T20 International, now it's the turn of the youth

After Team India's victory, Kohli was awarded the Player of the Match award and it was here that Kohli made the announcement that his fans were fearing. Kohli first said that this was his last T20 World Cup and he wanted to end it with a win.

Then the star batsman announced that this final was also his last T20 International match.

Kohli said that it was an open secret that this would be his last T20 World Cup and now the responsibility of taking the team forward lies on the younger generation. Kohli said that he is thankful to God for this success. He also praised captain Rohit Sharma and said that this was his 9th T20 World Cup and he deserves it.

Career starts in June, career ends in June

Even though this was Kohli's last match, he ended his T20 International career with many records for Team India.

Kohli made his T20 International debut for Team India on 12 June 2010 and played his last match in June 14 years later. He played 125 T20 matches for India, scoring 4188 runs with an average of 48.69, which is second only to Rohit Sharma. Kohli scored 1 century and 38 half-centuries in his career. Not only this, Kohli ended his journey by scoring the highest number of 1292 runs in the history of T20 World Cup. He also has the highest number of 15 half-centuries to his name.

Kohli made his T20 International debut for Team India on 12 June 2010 and played his last match in June 14 years later. He played 125 T20 matches for India, scoring 4188 runs with an average of 48.69, which is second only to Rohit Sharma. Kohli scored 1 century and 38 half-centuries in his career. Not only this, Kohli ended his journey by scoring the highest number of 1292 runs in the history of T20 World Cup. He also has the highest number of 15 half-centuries to his name.