{"id":85545,"date":"2024-07-02T00:57:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T00:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/02\/virat-kohlis-decision-rajkumar-sharma-on-india-stars-retirement-from-t20is-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T00:57:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T00:57:23","slug":"virat-kohlis-decision-rajkumar-sharma-on-india-stars-retirement-from-t20is-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/02\/virat-kohlis-decision-rajkumar-sharma-on-india-stars-retirement-from-t20is-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Virat Kohli&#8217;s decision&#8230;&#8217;: Rajkumar Sharma on India star&#8217;s retirement from T20Is | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-111416899,width-600,resizemode-4\/111416899.jpg?fit=600,750&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;Virat Kohli&#8217;s decision&#8230;&#8217;: Rajkumar Sharma on India star&#8217;s retirement from T20Is | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"&#8216;Virat Kohli&#8217;s decision&#8230;&#8217;: Rajkumar Sharma on India star&#8217;s retirement from T20Is | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Rajkumar Sharma<!-- -->, <!-- -->Virat Kohli<!-- -->&#8216;s childhood coach, revealed his sentiments after the player announced his retirement from the Twenty20 Internationals after winning the ICC <!-- -->T20 World Cup<!-- -->, stating it was a wise move.<br \/>The Men in Blue defeated South Africa by seven runs in Barbados on Saturday to win the coveted T20 World Cup for the second time.<br \/>Rajkumar Sharma discussed his opinions on <!-- -->Virat<!-- --> Kohli&#8217;s decision to retire from Twenty20 cricket after winning the Twenty20 World Cup final with Star Sports, according to ANI.<br \/>&#8220;The decision Virat Kohli has taken is a big decision, and he has taken it on a very big occasion when India won the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-cricket-world-cup-2023\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">World Cup<\/a>, and Virat Kohli won the Man of the Match award in the final. That is the highest point for any player when he says goodbye to a format from such a big stage. So it is a very big decision. I appreciate his decision as he said that he wants to give a chance to the youngsters,&#8221; Rajkumar said.<\/p>\n<p>The childhood coach went on to say that he thinks after retirement, Kohli will be able to focus more on <!-- -->Test cricket<!-- -->.<br \/>&#8220;It is a very good decision, and it will help him to concentrate more on Test cricket. He likes Test cricket and he desires to perform more in the Test format. He has a very good mindset for Test cricket. I believe that he will be able to concentrate more on it and will do well for the country. I would like to congratulate the Indian team for winning the World Cup. I would like to congratulate the entire support staff, selectors, and BCCI<!-- --> for winning the World Cup. We have been looking for an <!-- -->ICC trophy<!-- --> for a long time, and it has been completed yesterday,&#8221; Rajkumar added.<\/p>\n<p>Kohli proved his big-match credentials, with his 59-ball 76 in the final clash &#8212; after he managed just 75 runs in seven innings during the competition until the finale and was named the man of the match.<br \/>Kohli bowed out in the shortest international format with 4,188 runs in 125 matches including one century and 38 half tons since his debut in 2010.<br \/>Virat has amassed 1,292 runs at an average of 58.72 and a strike rate of 128.81 in 35 T20 World Cup games, including 15 half-centuries. He is the highest run-getter in the history of the tournament with an unbeaten 89 as his highest score. <\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n                    var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 'paid' : 'free' ;\n                    w._sva.setVisitorTraits({\n                    toi_user_subscription_status : prime_user_status\n                        });\n                }\n         if (w._sva && w._sva.setVisitorTraits) {\n                    setAttributes();\n                } else {\n                    w.addEventListener(\"SurvicateReady\", setAttributes);\n          }\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      var isPrimeUserLayout = window.isPrimeUserLayout;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n          var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n          window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n            if (config) {\n              const allowedSectionSuricate = (isPrimeUserLayout) ? config?.allowedSurvicatePrimeSections : config?.allowedSurvicateSections\n              loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n              loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n              loadSurvicateJs(allowedSectionSuricate);\n            }\n          })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/virat-kohlis-decision-rajkumar-sharma-on-india-stars-retirement-from-t20is\/articleshow\/111416926.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Rajkumar Sharma, Virat Kohli&#8216;s childhood coach, revealed his sentiments after the player announced his retirement from the Twenty20 Internationals after winning the ICC T20 World Cup, stating it was a wise move.The Men in Blue defeated South Africa by seven runs in Barbados on Saturday to win the coveted T20 World Cup for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-111416899,width-600,resizemode-4\/111416899.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[605],"tags":[1007,270,2684,8987,273,3272,4391,271,61865,14914,7699,351,1365,1636,32365,17105,272,3271,3268,3616],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85547,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85545\/revisions\/85547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}