Have no idea how that happened, lost for words: Virat Kohli after match winning knock against Pak
Says this is his best innings so far, shares special message for fans; Here’s everything he said
Melbourne: Virat Kohli on Sunday played one of the finest innings of his career to sail India home from a difficult situation against Pakistan at the team’s first match at the 2022 T20 World Cup.
He was awarded the man of the match for his magical knock.
Speaking at the presentation, Kohli said he was lost for words after the innings and did not know how that happened as the team was under immense pressure after losing four wickets for 31 runs when he and Hardik Pandya anchored the innings.
“It's a surreal atmosphere, I have no words, no idea how that happened. I am really lost for words.” He said.
“Haris is their prime bowler, and I hit those two sixes. From 28 in 8, it came down to 16 to 6.” He said about his fabulous heroics in the penultimate over.
“Till today Mohali was my best innings against Australia. Today I will count this one higher.” He added when asked if this was his best innings to date.
Sending a special message for the fans Kohli said “The crowd has been phenomenal. You guys (fans) kept backing me and I am grateful for your support.”
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Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair, 3 years after her divorce from Bill Gates
New York, May 13: Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the world's largest philanthropic organisations over the past 20 years.
“This is not a decision I came to lightly,” French Gates posted on the X platform on Monday. “I am immensely proud of the foundation that Bill and I built together and of the extraordinary work it is doing to address inequities around the world.”
She praised the foundation's CEO, Mark Suzman, and the foundation's board of trustees, which was significantly expanded after the couple announced their divorce in May 2021.
“The time is right for me to move forward into the next chapter of my philanthropy,” French Gates wrote in her statement. She organises some of her investments and philanthropic gifts through her organisation, Pivotal Ventures, which is not a nonprofit.
Bill Gates thanked French Gates for her “critical” contributions to the foundations in a statement, saying, “I am sorry to see her leave, but I am sure she will have a huge impact in her future philanthropic work.”
French Gates will receive $12.5 billion as part of her agreement with Gates, which she said would commit to future work focused on women and families.
The Gates Foundation did not immediately return a request for comment about whether those assets would come from the foundation itself. In an emailed statement, the foundation said that Suzman announced the decision to employees on Monday.
“After a difficult few years watching women's rights rolled back in the US and around the world, she wants to use this next chapter to focus specifically on altering that trajectory,” Suzman said of French Gates.
Suzman said he knew many had joined the foundation in part because of their admiration for her advocacy, especially around gender equity.
“I know how beloved Melinda is here,” Suzman wrote.
The Gates Foundation holds $75.2 billion in its endowment as of December 2023, and announced in January, it planned to spend $8.6 billion through the course of its work in 2024.
The Associated Press receives financial support for news coverage in Africa from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and for news coverage of women in the workforce from Pivotal Ventures.
