Going into the finals versus South Africa, Virat Kohli‘s T20 World Cup 2024 campaign had been a complete bust. But in the championship match, he showed off his best qualities, hitting 59 off of 76 balls to lead the Men in Blue to a seven-run victory and their second T20 World Cup.
In the crucial final, India lost three crucial wickets in the first five overs of their batting innings. To assist India set up a total of 176/7 in their 20 overs, Virat Kohli utilised all of his experience to forge a couple of half-centuries partnerships with Axar Patel and Shivam Dube. Kohli declared that it was his final Twenty20 International match for the national squad after Rohit Sharma’s team won the championship.
Virat Kohli had been playing brilliantly in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 leading up to the World Cup.
At an incredible strike rate of 154.70, he scored 741 runs in 15 matches, which was a record for him in a single IPL season. Some fans and commentators doubted his intentions in T20 cricket, particularly during the middle overs, before the IPL 2024. But the great batter, who has done this several times in his brilliant career, remade himself and used the bat to silence his detractors.
Even after so much success over the years, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) head coach Andy Flower praised the Delhi batsman for his desire to change his batting pattern.
How beautifully the T20Is should conclude. Did he have a fantastic IPL season? He demonstrated his abilities. I have to admit… Even though I’ve mentioned it already, it bears repeating. It was extremely impressive to watch Andy Flower, who is in his mid-30s, push himself to go even more at this point in his career after doing so much in the IPL and the world game, she told ESPNcricinfo.
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It demonstrated how driven he was to improve and push himself for both his own and his team’s sake. I had a great time watching that. I have to agree with Sanjay (Manjrekar) that his greatest moments come during Tests and ODIs. However, he has been an incredible man to watch play T20 cricket; he is a terrific player. The former Zimbabwean cricketer continued, “Hopefully, we are going to see him do outstanding things in whatever T20 cricket he has left.”
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