Virat Kohli creates history with T20 World Cup triumph

The Indian batsman completed a unique quadruple of ICC trophies after India's T20 World Cup victory in Barbados

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Cricket completed a full circle for Virat Kohli who finally added an ICC T20 World Cup title to his resume, having already won the ODI World Cup (2011), Champions Trophy (2013) and the U19 World Cup (2008). After having a dismal T20 World Cup campaign and scoring only 75 runs in 7 matches, Kohli finally rose to the occasion in the final against South Africa with his heroic knock of 76 which led India to a decent total of 176 after 20 overs. This score was successfully defended by the Indian bowlers who restricted the Proteas to 169 as Rohit Sharma’s side won the final by 7 runs.

Kohli, who remains one of the most decorated players in the history of the game, won the T20 World Cup title for the first time in his career, hence completing a unique quadruple of ICC trophies that even the great MS Dhoni didn’t manage to do.

The legendary Indian captain remains as one of the few players in the game to clinch all three ICC white-ball trophies (ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy), but even he hadn’t won the U19 World Cup title.

By adding the T20 World Cup trophy to his cabinet, Kohli clinched all 4 white-ball ICC titles that a player can in his career. Now, the only trophy that is missing from Virat’s collection is the Test Championship.

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