Sidhu pointed out several individuals for their brilliance in the tournament, with skipperand former captainbeing the first of them.
Kohli was part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy titles.
Akele ne jab naiya fasi hui thi tb bharatvarsh ko vo World Cup ka taaj diya," said Sidhu on Star Sports.
Virat Kohli is the greatest role model that India has ever seen.
The India legend retires from the format as the highest run-getter in T20 World Cup history and the second-highest run-scorer in T20IS, only behind Indian captain Rohit.
Navjot Singh Sidhu named India's greatest ever role model |courtesy-IANS/BCCI
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Navjot Singh Sidhu lavished praise on the India legend
Sidhu caled the cricketer as 'India's greatest role model'
India won the 2024 T20 World Cup
Navjot Singh Sidhu Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli After India's historic title win in the 2024 T20 World Cup, former Indian opening batterlavished praise on the squad for ending the team's 11-year drought without an ICC title. Sidhu pointed out several individuals for their brilliance in the tournament, with skipperand former captainbeing the first of them.
Sidhu reserved the highest praise for Kohli, who announced his retirement from the shortest format of the game at the end of the tournament. The 35-year-old had a fairytale ending as he won the Player of the Match (POTM) with a knock of 76 runs in 59 balls in the final against South Africa after a poor run of form in the entire tournament.
MS Dhoni Kohli won the T20 World Cup title for the first time in his career, and with the historic win in Barbados, he became the second cricketer in history to win all three ICC white-ball senior trophies after. Kohli was part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy titles.
"When it mattered the most, jab 1.5 billion Indians were praying for victory and praying ki hum choke naa kar jaaye, waha he (Virat) stood like a rock of Gibraltar in the sea of ruins. Vo ek end ko pakad ke khadar aha. Akele ne jab naiya fasi hui thi tb bharatvarsh ko vo World Cup ka taaj diya," said Sidhu on Star Sports.
"Virat Kohli—a man of adversity, a man of masses, a master performer, a genius—for me he will always be remembered as an icon, as the greatest inspiration above all, a cup of joy for billions and billions who watch cricket all over. Virat Kohli is the greatest role model that India has ever seen. Thank you, and I salute you," Sidhu added.
Coming into the final, Kohli had only 75 runs in seven innings to show. The India legend retires from the format as the highest run-getter in T20 World Cup history and the second-highest run-scorer in T20IS, only behind Indian captain Rohit.
