[Watch] Virat Kohli asks Rohit Sharma to lead Team India at airport
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma share a great camaraderie on and off the field. The two legends lauded each other after India won the 2024 T20 World Cup. With the tournament, Kohli and Rohit also bid farewell to T20Is.
In a video doing the rounds on Instagram, Kohli can be seen asking Rohit to lead the team as he waits for him to come ahead. That came as the Men in Blue walked out of the Mumbai airport to leave for the victory parade and felicitation ceremony.
Watch the video below:
With the win, Rohit Sharma-led India ended the 11-year-long ICC trophy drought. The right-hander played crucial knocks against Australia and England, scoring 92 (41) and 57 (39) in the T20 World Cup Super-Eight and semifinal clashes, respectively.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli overcame his lean patch to score 76 (59), which helped the Men in Blue post 176 against South Africa in the final. India won the game by seven runs, thanks to a clinical bowling effort from Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, and Arshdeep Singh.
“This the first time in 15 years that I have seen Rohit show so much emotions” – Virat Kohli on Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli lauded Rohit Sharma for channelling his emotions following the 2024 T20 World Cup win. The 35-year-old said during the BCCI’s felicitation ceremony at Wankhede on Thursday (via The Times of India):
"This is the first time in 15 years that I have seen Rohit show so much emotion. When we were climbing those steps (at Kensington Oval) he was crying and I was crying."
“I couldn't connect with the emotions of the senior players who cried that night but now I do. It was only fair to carry the maestro Sachin Tendulkar on their shoulders after he carried the burden of Indian cricket for 21 years," Kohli added.
The Delhi batter added that it was a fitting time for his retirement after carrying the burden of an ICC trophy for so many years:
"I hope we (Rohit and I) have carried the burden and no better to bring it (trophy) back here (Wankhede). Halfway through the game I knew it it was time and let the next generation take over."
Virat Kohli is currently in London with his wife Anushka Sharma and kids Vamika and Akaay.