Kohli & Rohit retire from T20 internationals

India legends Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma person retired from T20 internationals pursuing their World Cup triumph successful Barbados.

Kohli was man of nan lucifer for his 76 and Rohit became nan first India skipper to assistance a World Cup since 2011 pursuing nan captivating seven-run conclusion of South Africa.

Rohit, 37, and 35-year-old Kohli are number 1 and 2 respectively connected nan all-time database of T20 world run-scorers.

"I've loved each infinitesimal of this," said Rohit. "I started my India profession playing this format. This is what I wanted. I wanted to triumph nan cup and opportunity convey you."

On erstwhile skipper Kohli, Rohit said: "He's been a champion subordinate without a doubt. We each cognize what he has done for us.

"At immoderate constituent everyone has to opportunity goodbye to nan crippled and Virat was very clear that this is what he wanted to do."

Both men will proceed to beryllium disposable for India successful Tests and one-day internationals.

Kohli had endured a difficult World Cup, pinch only 75 runs successful 7 innings earlier his important sound successful nan last lifted India to 176-7.

South Africa needed only 30 runs from nan last 5 overs, but wilted successful nan look of immoderate superb India decease bowling, and Suryakumar Yadav's all-time awesome drawback to region David Miller successful nan 20th complete efficaciously sealed nan match.

Clearly affectional connected receiving his player-of-the-match award, Kohli said: "This is my past T20 crippled playing for India, my past World Cup I was going to play.

"I wanted to make nan astir of it. And this was our aim. We wanted to assistance nan cup.

"I'm really grateful I was capable to get nan occupation done for nan squad erstwhile it mattered nan most."

Kohli ends pinch 4,188 runs from 125 T20 internationals, conscionable down Rohit's tally of 4,231. Rohit's 159 caps is besides nan astir for immoderate man and his 5 hundreds of years is besides a record, shared pinch Australia's Glenn Maxwell.

Rohit and Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan are nan only men to characteristic successful each T20 World Cup, nan first version of which was held successful 2007, which India won.

India's past World Cup occurrence successful immoderate format came successful nan 50-over type successful 2011.

They person mislaid 2 finals successful nan past year: nan World Test Championship last to Australia astatine The Oval past summer, past nan 50-over last connected location ungraded successful Ahmedabad to nan aforesaid opponents successful November.

"It was very emotional, I wanted this badly," said Rohit. "I was very hopeless for this successful my life truthful I'm happy we crossed nan statement this time.

"This has to beryllium nan top time, only because really of desperately I wanted to triumph this.

"All nan runs that I've scored successful each these years, it does matter, but I'm not large connected stats and each of that. Winning games for India, winning trophies for India, that is what I look guardant to each nan time."