Virat Kohli thanks PM Modi for his encouraging words after India’s T20 World Cup triumph

Former India captain Virat Kohli on Monday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his encouraging words when the Prime Minister called the Indian team after their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup triumph in Bridgetown, Barbados , on Saturday night. Prime Minister Modi spoke on the phone to all the members of the Indian team that defeated South Africa by seven runs, telling them about the role they played in winning the country’s second T20 World Cup title. Virat Kohli top-scored with 76 as India scored 176/7 in 20 overs and then restricted South Africa to 169/8. Soon after India’s triumph, Kohli announced his retirement from T20I cricket.

Kohli took to social media to thank Prime Minister Modi for his encouraging words.

“Dear @narendramodi sir, thank you very much for your kind words and your support and encouragement always. It was a privilege to be part of this team that brought home the cup. We are deeply moved and amazed at the happiness it brought the entire nation” , Kohli said in his post on X, formerly Twitter.

Dear @Narendra modi Sir, thank you very much for your kind words and your support and encouragement always. It was a privilege to be part of this team that brought home the cup. We are deeply touched and amazed by the happiness this has brought to the entire nation. https://t.co/dpKiJiMFih

– Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 1, 2024

PM Modi praised Kohli for his crucial knock in the final.

“Dear @imVkohli, great to have spoken to you. Like in the innings of the final, you splendidly anchored the Indian batting. You shone in all forms of the game. T20 Cricket will miss you, but I am confident that you will continue to motivate the new generation of players,” Modi said in a post under his official X handle.

Although Kohli had a disappointing campaign in the T20 World Cup, he did well when it mattered most – in the final. He scored 76 off 59 balls, studded with six fours and two sixes as he anchored the Indian innings after captain Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav were run out in quick succession as India were reduced to 34/3 in the fifth over.

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