Virat Kohli ended his T20 career with a World Cup win in the bonzai format of cricket. But something far bigger has appeared on the horizon, and it is exciting enough to pull the biggest visible name in cricket to come out of retirement – the Olympic gold.

Virat Kohli bid goodbye to T20Is after India won the T20 World Cup last year, beating South Africa in the final.

Virat Kohli welcomed the inclusion of cricket in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and, although the Indian great will not be coaxed out of retirement for the showpiece, he said he believed a new generation of Indian athletes would be ready to strike gold.