Virat Kohli beautifully encapsulated the significance of the moment for himself and Rohit Sharma during the felicitation ceremony for the Indian team at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.

After India’s T20 World Cup victory on Saturday, the duo posed with the national flag and shared an emotional moment on the stairs. Kohli's words further strengthened the bond between him and Rohit.

"I don't know about breaking the internet but this is the first time in 15 years of playing together that I've seen Rohit show so much emotions on the field. When I was walking up the steps, I was crying, he was crying, and we hugged. For me, that's going to be a very special memory from that day, because all said and done, after so many years, our only goal has been this. The only goal has been Indian cricket and the Indian flag. And that's what we take pride in," Kohli said.

Kohli also said something about the great Tendulkar that has remained with fans ever since: 'He has carried the burden of the nation for 25 years, it's time we carried him on our shoulders'.

Fast forward to now, and while Kohli and Rohit weren't exactly carried on shoulders, Virat believes they have taken some of the 'burden' away with this World Cup win.

"When I won the World Cup [in 2011], honestly, I couldn't connect with the emotions of the senior players at that point of time. I was like 'I don't understand why they are crying'. For me it felt like 'Yeah, we won the World Cup. It's as easy as that'. I was 22-23," added Kohli.

But now, it is a different feeling. I said something about Sachin paaji and now to be in this position, not just me… Rohit has played for so long as well. We both have been trying this for so long. Trying our hardest when I was captain and he was a senior player in the team. And now when he is captain and I am a senior player of the team. The only aim was to win India a World Cup. So I hope that we have carried that burden to an extent and given the result the country wanted us to provide to them."