Kohli became the game changer in the final: He retired from T20 after winning the World Cup, said- the new generation should take over the reins

After making India win the World Cup, Virat Kohli retired from T20 International. He became the Player of the Match in the final against South Africa, he played a crucial innings of 76 runs. After the match, Virat said, ‘This was my last T20 match, so I played the same way. Now the new generation should take over the reins.’

Virat played a heroic role in the final against South Africa. Before this, his total score in 7 World Cup matches was 75 runs. In the final alone, he scored 76 runs.

Bhaskar had already expressed this possibility in his report. This report explained why Virat is a game changer in big matches. You should also read this report…

5 match winning performances of Kohli

1. ODI World Cup Final 2011
India was chasing 275 runs against Sri Lanka at Wankhede in Mumbai. Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were out. Only 31 runs were scored. A partnership was needed. Kohli played an innings of only 35 runs, but along with Gambhir, he made a partnership of 83 runs. He pulled India out of the bad start in the run chase.

2. Champions Trophy Final 2013
This 50-50 over match between England and India was reduced to 20-20 overs due to rain. The Indian team scored only 129 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Kohli’s contribution in this was 43 runs. Kohli was the highest scorer from both the teams. India won this match.

3. Semi-final of T20 World Cup 2014
This semi-final was played between India and South Africa. South Africa gave India a total of 173 runs. Virat Kohli played an unbeaten innings of 72 runs. The target was chased in the 19th over.

4. T20 World Cup 2016
India was playing against Australia in the Super 10 match. India needed a win to reach the semi-finals. Australia had given a target of 161. India scored 94 runs in 14 overs. India’s score was 23 runs in 6 overs. 138 runs were needed to win and Kohli came to bat. Initially he took time, but later batted fast. He hit 9 fours and 2 sixes. He led India to victory by playing an unbeaten innings of 82 runs.

5. T20 World Cup 2022
India and Pakistan were face to face in the Group 2 match. Pakistan had given India a target of 160 runs. Pakistani pacers took 4 wickets of India for 31 runs. Kohli was at the crease, played an unbeaten innings of 82 runs. He made a partnership of 113 runs with Hardik and gave India an impossible victory.

Kohli became effective again against South Africa
Virat hit 3 boundaries against Marco Jansen in the first over of the final match against South Africa. From here he looked set, but India lost 3 wickets for a score of 34 runs. Virat handled the innings from here, he first made a fifty partnership with Akshar Patel and then with Shivam Dubey.

Virat was out after scoring 76 runs in 59 balls. He hit 6 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. On the basis of his innings, India made a challenging score of 176 runs. Which South Africa could not chase.

Before the final, Virat had played 60 matches against South Africa in all three formats. His average was more than 55, meaning he scored this many runs in every innings. He scored 318 runs in 12 T20 innings, his highest score was 72 runs. Virat now scored 4 runs more than his best score and became the Player of the Final by scoring his third half century against this opponent.

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