Player of the match in final: Virat Kohli announces his retirement from T20 internationals

BARBADOS: India's star batter Virat Kohli announced his retirement from T20 Internationals on Saturday shortly after helping his team beat South Africa in the World Cup final. An emotional Kohli made this announcement while speaking after collecting the player of the match trophy.

"This was my last T20 game playing for India. It's time for the next generation to take the T20 game forward," Kohli said.

After managing just 75 runs in the first seven innings of the competition, Virat stepped up when it mattered the most, scoring 76 in 59 balls, with six fours and two sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 128.81. Virat has ended the ongoing edition with 151 runs in eight innings at an average of 18.87 and a strike rate of 112.68, with one fifty.

In 125 T20I matches, Virat scored 4,188 runs at an average of 48.69 and a strike rate of 137.04. He scored a century and 38 fifties and a best score of 122*. He ends the format as the second-highest run-getter of all time.