T20 World Cup 2024: Virat Kohli's Childhood Coach Rajkumar Sharma Says, 'This is Why He is Called King'

Virat Kohli’s childhood coach, Rajkumar Sharma congratulated the Indian cricket team and praised his former student for his ‘Man of the Match’ performance in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa.

“I want to congratulate the whole nation for this tremendous victory…,” Rajkumar told ANI.

“The morale of Team India is high, they have been undefeated (throughout the T20 World Cup 2024), and we didn’t lose even one match. There were difficult situations but they kept their momentum. He played really well. This is why he is called King Kohli,” Rajkumar added.

When asked about Kohli’s retirement, he said: “…He (Virat Kohli) has done so well for the country. He feels that this is the time for the youngsters to take responsibility though he would be playing in the other two formats… He was happy about winning the World Cup and I appreciated his decision that he is retiring, leaving a high bar and he is setting an example in Indian cricket…”

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.

“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.

(With inputs from Agencies)

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