'Couldn’t have dreamt of a better day': Virat Kohli on retirement

India's star batsman Virat Kohli, who retired from T20 International cricket, today said that he could not have dremt a better day to retire.

"Couldn’t have dreamt of a better day than this. God is great and I bow my head in gratitude. We finally did it," Kohli said in a post on Instagram.

Kohli quit T20 Internationals on Saturday shortly after helping his team beat South Africa in the World Cup final.
"This was my last T20 World Cup and this is exactly what we wanted to achieve. This is an amazing game. I was telling Rohit (Sharma) when we went out to bat, I was like, one day you feel like you can't get a run and then you come out and then things happen. God is great," Kohli told host broadcasters after bagging the player of the match award.

"I bow my head in gratitude. I'm just really grateful I was able to get the job done for the team on the day that it mattered the most," he added.

The veteran batter hoped that the next generation players will take India to even loftier peaks.

"It's time for the next generation to take over. It's a two-year cycle (for next T20 WC), there're some amazing players playing in India. They're going to take the team forward in the T20 format and do wonders as we've seen them do in the IPL.

"I have no doubts that they'll keep the flag waving high and really take this team further from here now."

In 125 T20I matches, Kohli scored 4188 runs at an average of 48.69 with 122 being his highest score. That was his only T20 century - coming against Afghanistan in September 2022.

Kohli said he was determined to call time on his T20I career even if India had lost the title clash.

"Yes, I have. This was an open secret. It was not something that I was not going to announce even if we had lost. This was going to be my last T20 World Cup for India," he said.