ICC World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli Recounts His Iconic 'Shot of the Century' With Nostalgic Reverence

Virat Kohli has opened up about the famous six he hit off Haris Rauf during the T20 World Cup 2022 match against Pakistan. The former Indian skipper came up with one of the best innings of his career to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Team India in front of a packed crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. Chasing 160, India got off to a disastrous start with the bat and were at 31 for 4 when Virat Kohli joined Hardik Pandya in the middle. Both steadied the ship but couldn't really generate much momentum due to the team's precarious situation.

At one point, India needed 28 off the last 8 balls, and the match looked as good as an over for them. However, Virat Kohli had other ideas. Facing the then in-form Haris Rauf, the Indian superstar hit two sixes off the last two balls of the 19th over to bring India back into the match. His six off the fifth ball of the over was recently dubbed the shot of the century by the ICC.

Virat Kohli on his famous sixes:
In a recent interview, Virat Kohli revisited the famous six. India's batting superstar, who is never afraid to show his spiritual side to the world, also credited higher powers for the iconic six that helped him clinch yet another famous win for his country. He also said that he will never forget that game, recalling that magical moment.
 

ICC says "Virat Kohli's shot against Haris Rauf" as the shot of the century.

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“I've seen it so many times, but these little things in between, it's so special because obviously, you've lived these moments but you don't see them again. It's just those little moments that I'm very, you know, very nostalgic, and in a good way. You know what you did, and that moment somehow got captured and someone saw it,” said Virat Kohli.

“You understand this in a moment. If someone comes to me and says I was 35 when I was 10, I'll be here. If someone claims they knew what was going to happen in writing and signed it, I give them everything. would have given If they knew what my 25-year journey would be, that it's come this far, it's a big package, it's a compressed version.

"I didn't know what was going to happen and how it happened. It just happened; I can't sit here and sue. It's a big package and what I felt that night was injustice, I'll never forget it in my life. No. Never. And that's why people who saw it felt the same way. It wasn't that anyone said it or claimed it; there was purity in the moment, and everyone felt it," he added.