Virat Kohli, Team India star batter, shared an emotional memory from the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024, recalling a heartfelt moment with then-captain Rohit Sharma moments after they won the World Championship title after 11 years. Virat Kohli opened up and shared how it has been an emotional journey for him and Rohit for the last 15 years of playing cricket together. Kohli also shares an emotional incident that involves him and Rohit Sharma from the day India won the T20 World Cup 2024.
Virat Kohli reflected on an emotional moment with Rohit Sharma after their T20 World Cup victory, stating that it was his first time of seeing Rohit as emotional as that, even after 15 years of playing together.
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"I Was Crying, He Was Crying And We Hugged" Says Virat Kohli
Kohli described how they both cried and hugged each other as they achieved their long-shared goal of winning the World Cup and achieving success for Indian cricket.
"I don't know about breaking the internet but this is the first time in 15 years of playing together that I've seen Rohit show so much emotions on the field. When I was walking up the steps, I was crying, he was crying and we hugged. For me, that's going to be a very special memory from that day, because all said and done, after so many years, our only goal has been this. The only goal has been Indian cricket and the Indian flag. And that's what we take pride in," Kohli said.
Did Not Understand Why Seniors Were Emotional After Winning 2011 World Cup: Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli said that when India won the World Cup in 2011, he was 22-23 years old and didn't understand why the senior players were emotional about it. He thought it was just about winning the World Cup and didn't realise its deeper meaning at that time.
"When I won the World Cup [in 2011], honestly, I couldn't connect with the emotions of the senior players at that point of time. I was like 'I don't understand why they are crying'. For me it felt like 'Yeah, we won the World Cup. It's as easy as that'. I was 22-23," said Kohli.
Virat Kohli expressed that winning the World Cup now feels different from when he was younger. He reflected on his and Rohit Sharma's long journey in cricket, striving together to achieve this goal for India. As captains and senior players, their sole focus has been to deliver a World Cup victory, hoping they have fulfilled the expectations of the nation.
“But now, it is a different feeling. I said something about Sachin paaji and now to be in this position, not just me… Rohit has played for so long as well. We both have been trying this for so long. Trying our hardest when I was captain and he was a senior player in the team. And now when he is captain and I am a senior player of the team. The only aim was to win India a World Cup. So I hope that we have carried that burden to an extent and given the result the country wanted us to provide to them, " the Indian batting stalwart said.