Virat Kohli wins over Narendra Modi with emotional message about his 2024 T20 World Cup final performance

Virat Kohli's emotional message for the Indian prime minister leaves him with a smile on his face.

Virat Kohli and Narendra Modi, Image courtesy: X

Virat Kohli played an impeccable knock in the T20 World Cup final in Barbados that saw Team India clinching the silverware after a thrilling win against South Africa. What turned into a nightmare for Virat Kohli who struggled to get runs in the tournament earlier would soon change and that too in the grandest of all occasions.

While talking to the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, Virat Kohli revealed an extremely powerful message that he believed was the key reason for his form to be back in the last T20I. According to the former Indian captain it was all about respecting the game.

I realised when you feel you can do anything, your ego takes over and the game pulls away from you. I had to keep my ego aside. The situation was such that I had to keep my pride aside for team.

Virat Kohli said

Aapka ahankar upar aa jata hai
To khel aapse dur chala hata hai
– It takes guts to admit such things https://t.co/MV7jfePQf4
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) July 5, 2024

The meet and greet happened before the Men in Blue flew down to Mumbai for the victory parade that started from Marine Drive and concluded in Wankhede with the players dancing, singing, giving speeches and eventually going for the victory walk that enhanced the joys of the fans present.

A glance at how Virat Kohli fared in the 2024 T20 World Cup

Virat Kohli had a silent start to the T20 World Cup and could hardly get going. He registered single-digit scores in the first three games against Ireland, Pakistan and USA. Eventually returning to the numbers, he managed to score 24 against Afghanistan while following that up with 37 against Bangladesh. However, things went on a downward spiral once again as he got out for a duck against Australia while garnering just nine runs against England in the semis.

Somehow in the finale, the entire equation changed as he took over the reins of the game emphatically with three fours in the very first over. Despite being compelled to slow down after India lost three early wickets, he shifted gears towards the latter half of the innings and blasted 76, becoming the highest individual scorer for India in the history of the T20 World Cup finals.

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