Virat Kohli Explains To PM Modi How He Had To Let Go Of His Ego In T20 World Cup 2024

Team India celebrated their T20 World Cup 2024 triumph after returning to India and met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence on July 4th, 2024. 

In videos released from their meet, PM Modi is seen discussing their journeys with the team towards becoming World Champions. India's player of the match in the T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa, Virat Kohli opened up on his struggles in the tournament with Narendra Modi and revealed how he had to let go of his ego in the tournament.

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Virat Kohli opens up on his T20 World Cup struggles with PM Modi

Up until the finals of the T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli had endured a horrid tournament having only scored 75 runs in 8 innings. However, Virat Kohli turned around his fortunes in the finals and played a match winning knock for Team India scoring 76 runs and was named player of the match. 

When talking with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Virat Kohli opened up on his struggles and revealed that going into the game he wasn't confident at all. 

“Thank you very much for calling us all here and this day will always remain in my mind because in this entire tournament, I was not able to make the contribution that I wanted to and at one time I also told Rahul bhai that I have not given justice to both myself and the team till now. So he told me that when the situation comes, I am sure that you will come into form. So this conversation happened between us and when we went to play, I told Rohit, I did not have that much confidence that I would be able to bat the way I wanted to,” revealed Virat Kohli. 

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Kohli further revealed that when he smashed Marco Jansen three fours in the first four balls of the first over he was amazed by the game.  However, he had to let go of his ego and surrender to the situation to rescue India from losing three wickets inside the powerplay. 

“I got 3 fours in the first 4 balls, so I went and told him, what kind of a game is this, one day it seems that not even a single run will be scored and then another day comes and everything starts happening. After our wickets fell, I realised I had to surrender myself to the situation. I had to focus on what is more important for the team. I felt that I was put into that zone and after the game I realised what is meant to happen always happens. I am pleased I was able to help the team reach that total”, revealed Virat Kohli to the PM. 

Virat Kohli's final performance will forever remain etched into Indian Cricket history and he retired from T20Is for India by becoming a World Champion and gifting the nation the trophy it so craved.