Team India skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli spotted dancing together during the Men in Blue's T20 World Cup 2024 victory lap at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, July 4.
The Men in Blue landed in Mumbai after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence, 7 Lok Jan Marg in New Delhi. After landing in India's financial capital, Team India took out a much-anticipated open-top bus victory parade to celebrate the return of T20 World Cup trophy after 17 years.
The Mumbaikars went berserk as they gave rousing reception to the heroes who helped Team India ended 11-year ICC title drought. The parade started from National Centre Of Performing Art to Wankhede Stadium, where a large number of fans thronged to the iconic venue to witness felicitation ceremony of Team India.
After the felicitation ceremony, the Men in Blue carried out a victory lap to thank the fans for their support throughout the tournament. Amid the victory, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli started to shake their legs to a dhol that was being played at the stadium to create a joyous atmosphere.
In a video shared by Mumbai Indians on its X handle (formerly Twitter), Rohit and Kohli were seen dancing together before other teammates joined them and turned the celebration into a lively party on the field. It was a rare sight for the fans to witness Kohli and Rohit dancing together.
After the T20 World Cup 2024 triumph, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli decided to call it quits from T20Is for India as they wanted to younger generations to carry forward Men in Blue in the shortest format of the game.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were the batting mainstays for Team India in T20Is over the years. Rohit retired as the leading run-getter of the format with 4231 runs in 159 matches, while Kohli bade adieu to T20Is as the second leading run-scorer with 4188 in 125 matches. Rohit and Kohli shared 1350 runs in partnership, including 3 centuries and 5 centuries, at an average of 32.14 in 42 matches.
'For the first time I have seen Rohit show so much emotion': Kohli
Virat Kohli revealed that he and his teammate Rohit Sharma cried while walking towards the dressing room after Team India's T20 World Cup 2024 Final win against South Africa. The 35-year-old added that he never saw Rohit with so much emotion in his career.
"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." Kohli said during the felicitation ceremony at the Wankhede Stadium.
Virat Kohli played a crucial innings of 76 off 59 balls in the T20 World Cup 2024 Final, while Rohit Sharma emerged as the highest run-getter for Team India with 257 runs, including 3 fifties, at an average of 36.71 and an average of 156.70 in 8 matches.
