New Delhi, India

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma worn the Indian flag with pride and posed along with the T20 World Cup 2024 troph after India beat South Africa in the final on Saturday (June 29) at the Kensington Oval, Barbados. Opting to bat first, India rode on Kohli's 76, Axar Patel's 47 and Shivam Dube's vital 27 to post 176-7 before restricing the Proteas for 169-8 courtesy of Hardik Pandya's 3 for 20 and two scalps each from Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh. After the contest, the Indian players broke into celebrations and took a victory lap for the fans. Amid all this, Kohli went to Rohit to take a picture together with the T20 WC trophy and India flag. The picture broke the internet.

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In a video shared by Star Sports, Kohli shared the story behind taking a picture with captain Rohit. He said, "It was a very special thing for him [Rohit] as well. His family is here, Samaira [Rohit's daughter] was on his shoulder. But I just felt like in the victory lap he was behind the whole time. I told him, you also hold the trophy for a while, for two minutes. We should take a picture together because this journey has been very long."

"Me and him playing together for so many years and just trying out level best to make sure that this happens for India. Captain leader, leader captain, we have just worked for only one thing - that's Indian cricket. That picture was a dedication to Indian cricket," Kohli added.

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This was the ninth T20 WC for Rohit, sixth for Kohli and also the equal number of time playing together. Post India's win in the just-concluded 20-nation mega event, held in West Indies and the USA, both the stalwarts retired from T20Is as well, with Ravindra Jadeja also joining them later. While Rohit ended with most runs in the format, 4,231 runs, Kohli finished at the second spot with 4,188 runs under his belt. Hitman finished with two T20 WC titles whereas this became Kohli's first-ever World Cup title in the shortest format.