Rohit and Kohli announced their retirement from the T20I format after the World Cup win.
Batting stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli hugged each other as their dream came true after India defeated South Africa by just seven runs to lift the T20 World Cup title.
Since 2013, India had lost as many as five ICC finals. Hence, this triumph came as a big relief for the Men in Blue. No wonder, Rohit and Kohli were over the moon and emotional at the same time.
Over the last year 11 years, both the star batters had given their best in multiple ICC events but they were not being able to cross the final hurdle.
Emotions ran wild in the Indian dressing room after the bowlers held their nerves to pull off a tense win in the T20 World Cup 2024 final. It was at this moment the cameras caught Rohit and Kohli embracing each other, much to the delight of the cricket fans.
Here’s the video:
Coming to the match, India posted a stiff total of 176/7 in on the board after opting to bat first, courtesy of good knocks from Virat Kohli (76 off 59) and Akshar Patel (47 off 31). Shivam Dube also played a brilliant cameo of 16-ball 27 in the death overs.
In reply, South Africa were cruising at one stage but the Indian pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah (2-18), Hardik Pandya (3-20) and Arshdeep Singh (2-20) pulled things back in the last five overs to restrict the Proteas to 169/8 in 20 overs.