India's star cricketer Virat Kohli has said he might consider coming out of T20I retirement if his country's team will qualify for the final of the Los Angeles men's cricket event in 2028. The 36-year-old retired from T20 internationals after winning the T20 World Cup final in 2024 against South Africa in Barbados.

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.

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 announced his T20I retirement after helping India win the T20 World Cup 2024. On a lighter note, Kohli said he could consider a return for the Olympic Games. Cricket will make its return to the Olympics after being played in 1900.

India batter Virat Kohli has ruled out a T20 international comeback at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Cricket will return to the Olympics for the first time since 1900 at the Games in LA as one of five new sports.

Virat Kohli recently played a key role as India lifted the Champions Trophy after 12 years. He is set to represent Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the 18th consecutive season during IPL 2025.

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