Virat Kohli Retire from T20I Cricket

Virat Kohli has decided to retire from T20 Internationals.  Virat Kohli played an innings of 76 runs off 59 balls in his last T20 International match.  He showed good batting in pressure condition.  Virat Kohli said goodbye to the T20 International by winning the Man of the Match award in his last T20 International match.  Virat Kohli said that the final match of T20 World Cup 2024 was the last match of his T20 international career.  He ended his T20 international career by winning the World Cup trophy.

T20 World Cup 2024 did not go well for Virat Kohli.  He managed to make only one fifty in this T20 World Cup.  Virat Kohli scored single digit in 5 matches.  Virat Kohli scores 1 run against Ireland.  He scored 4 runs against Pakistan and 0 runs against USA.  Virat Kohli scored 24 runs a ball against Afghanistan and scored 37 runs off 28 balls against Bangladesh.  Virat Kohli failed again against Australia and England.  Virat Kohli's score was 0 against Australia and 9 against England.  Before the final match, Virat Kohli's total score was 75. Although, he has smashed many runs in the previous ODI world Cup which was played in india in 2023 and the T20I World Cup 2022 which was played in Australia. But, he couldn't get to his best form in this world cup until the final match. 

Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings in the final match.  In the final match, 3 Indian players were out early.  Virat Kohli batted very well in pressure situation.  Axar Patel scored a good partnership with Virat Kohli.  India scored 176 runs in 20 overs.  And gave South Africa a target of 177 runs to win the match. 

Now let's take a look at Virat Kohli's T20I Career:

Virat Kohli has played 125 T20I matches for India. He has scored 4188 runs at an average of 48.7. He scored at a strike rate of 137. Virat kohli has made his T20I debut vs Zimbabwe in 2010 at harare sports club. He has broken many records by scoring ton of runs in T20I Cricket for India. His highest score in T20I is 122. He scored 38 fifties and 1 hundred in his T20I career. He smashed 369 fours and 124 sixes in his T20I career. Virat Kohli has second most runs in T20Is. Overall, he has an amazing T20I batting record. He has played many memorable and great knocks in T20I cricket for India. Those mohali and Melbourne knocks were surely one of the best T20I knocks. This is what makes him one of the T20I Batters in the world. 

Now, let's observe virat kohli T20I Records:

In 2022, Virat Kohli becomes the 6th player to score the most T20I runs in a calendar year. He scored 781 T20I runs in 2022. He also scored 8 fifties and 1 hundred in that year. 2022 T20 WC was also a good one for Virat kohli.