India's 2019 World Cup squad members: Where are they now?

3. Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli, who was the skipper then, led the team confidently and took it to the semi-final. With the bat, he made a vital contribution of 443 runs with five half-centuries in nine matches and ended up as the second-highest run-scorer for the team in the competition. In the semi-final, Kohli joined Rohit in the pavilion early after getting dismissed by Trent Boult on one.

In December 2022, Rohit Sharma was handed the ODI captaincy mantle following Kohli’s unsuccess as a skipper in the 2021 T20 World Cup and South Africa Test series. From November 2019 to September 2022, the batting maestro went through the lowest phase of his career as during this period, he not only lost captaincy but also failed to notch up an international ton.  
 
Almost after a three-year century drought, he brought cheers to the faces of Team India supporters with his exceptional hundred against Afghanistan in the 2022 Asia Cup. Following this inning, he also played an unbeaten 82-run knock off 53 against Pakistan in the 2022 T20 World Cup and took India home. In the upcoming World Cup, he will be expected to shine with his bat and help India become world champions again.