New Delhi. Virat Kohli once again showed why he is called King Kohli. When India needed Kohli the most in the T20 World Cup, this lion of India came roaring. He forced the South African bowlers to go on the backfoot when their enthusiasm was at its peak. Virat Kohli played a beautiful innings of 76 runs in the final. This helped India reach 176 runs. This is the highest score in a T20 World Cup final.
Seeing this innings of Virat Kohli, Navjot Singh Sidhu said that this player had saved his best for the final. Sidhu said this when Virat had scored a fifty, but Rohit had said it two days earlier. Virat Kohli was not able to play according to his image in the initial matches of the current T20 World Cup. His highest score in the tournament before the final was 37 runs.
Virat Kohli could score only 75 runs in the tournament before the final. This was the reason that after winning the semi-final against England, Rohit Sharma was asked whether Kohli would play the final. Rohit answered this question in one word. He said – sure. After this he said the real thing, which showed how much faith the captain has in his player. Rohit said that Virat has probably saved his best for the final.
At one point against South Africa, India lost three wickets for 34 runs. Rohit Sharma (9), Suryakumar Yadav (3), Rishabh Pant (0) were out in quick succession. On this occasion, all hopes rested on Virat Kohli and he did not disappoint. Virat Kohli maintained his record of excellent performance in knockout matches of T20 World Cup. First, he along with Axar Patel (47) took Team India past 100 runs. After this, along with Shivam Dubey, he took India past 150 runs. When Virat was out in the 19th over, the score was 163 runs.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 29, 2024, 22:12 IST