BRIDGETOWN: Virat Kohli said he had played his last Twenty20 international after starring in India’s thrilling win over South Africa in the T20 World Cup final here on Saturday.

“This was my last T20 World Cup, and this is what we wanted to achieve,” Kohli, 35, said after the finale.

“One day you feel you can’t get a run, then things happen. God is great, and I got the job done for the team on the day it mattered.

“Now or never [that was my] last T20 for India, wanted to make the most of it. Wanted to lift the cup, wanted to respect the situation rather than force it.”

Kohli, pressed on whether he had played his last T20 international, added at the presentation ceremony: “This was an open secret, it’s time for the next generation to take over, some amazing players will take the team forward and keep the flag waving high.”

Published in Dawn, June 30th, 2024