Virat Kohli signed off as India's T20I captain with a win over Namibia in the T20 World Cup 2021 on Monday, November 8. It was not the ending he would have wanted since India were already out of contention for a place in the T20 World Cup semifinals, but an episode in Indian T20I cricket came to an end as Kohli played the last game as captain of the team. Following the match, fans took to Twitter to thank the 33-year old for his services as T20I captain, recalling the good times they had with him at the helm and also wishing him good luck for his role in the side as a batsman. Virat Kohli Reflects on India’s Performance at T20 World Cup 2021, Writes, ‘We Will Aim To Come Back Stronger’ (Check Post)
And in no time, #ThankYouViratKohli started trending on Twitter with fans expressing their gratitude to the former Indian T20I captain for all the memories he has made with the team. Take a look at some of the tweets below:
All Good Things Must Come to an End:
Thankyou for ur services @imVkohli.
All good things must come to an end.#ThankYouViratKohli #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/S5hDQygbWM
— THAKUR ( FAN OF SACHIN TENDULKAR) (@loyalSachfan) November 8, 2021
‘We Love You Virat’
Thank you Virat, we love you ❤️🇮🇳#ThankYouViratKohli @imVkohli#ViratKohli
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) November 8, 2021
The First and the Last Matches of Kohli As India’s T20I Captain:
From this To this
We've seen a great batsman becoming a great captain of this shorter format.#ThankYouViratKohli pic.twitter.com/4sSO4nxlv8
— Hero Hiralal (@the_herohiralal) November 8, 2021
‘Keep Entertaining Us’
Thank You Champ 💓 For Everything You Have Done To Shorter Format 👏🏻🙌🏼 & Keep Entertaining Us In Long Format's 🥳🥁 @imVkohli#ThankYouViratKohli 🇮🇳👑 pic.twitter.com/dS97bu0sVc
— Mani Shankar Nekkalapu (@shankarnekkalap) November 8, 2021
‘Thank You Skip!’
thank you skip, thank you for everything 🤍 #ThankYouViratKohli pic.twitter.com/XGn0plLOY1
— su (@suhaanasuffer) November 8, 2021
Kohli Hugging Mentor MS Dhoni
Bliss 😻💥 #ThankYouViratKohli 😟 pic.twitter.com/WnySoINzJm
— Jack kuruvilla ❤️ (@kuruvila_vj) November 8, 2021
Love From Pakistan:
Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰❤❤❤❤#ThankYouViratKohli pic.twitter.com/j9VBMGbGtb
— Hassan Bhatti (@Hassanbhtti008) November 8, 2021
‘Unluckiest Captain India Ever Had’
Probably the unluckiest captian India has ever had💔 #ThankYouViratKohli
For being the leader who lead the team from the front
Will always feel sad that u haven't got the kind of end of Captaincy that u deserved💔💔 pic.twitter.com/5U9K8wzS1X
— yatin gandhi (@yatingandhi03) November 8, 2021
‘The Sun Will Rise Again’
Last t20 match as a captain💔
Hope the sun will rise again!!
Thank you for everything you made for Indian team!!😇😇Waiting to see you as best batsman😍😍 @imVkohli #ThankYouViratKohli pic.twitter.com/VtNIX6MmUS
— KK TWIN STARS (@stars_kk) November 9, 2021
Many Good Memories!
T20I series wins in SENA and many good T20 memories 💥💯🇮🇳 . #ThankYouViratKohli the T20 skipper ❤️ . pic.twitter.com/cAHql5aNSX
— Goutham (@thisis_Goutham_) November 8, 2021
‘2023 World Cup, Here We Come’
don't worry he is still a captain in ODI format , 2023 world cup we are coming 💙 till thn #ThankYouViratKohli pic.twitter.com/GJ8JEZLlIq
— manya. (@gungunaaye) November 8, 2021
‘We Believe You’
We Believe and always with you and with team India. And Thank You, Captain King Kohli for the amazing memories As T20I Captain.#ThankYouViratKohli pic.twitter.com/eQyl17MXZs
— Dinesh LiLawat (@imDL45) November 8, 2021
‘Thank You King’
#ThankYouViratKohli king pic.twitter.com/mSeHNhJMBL
— Aby ponnachan (@Aby34168752) November 9, 2021
Virat Kohli, the Run-Machine Loading?
Want to see you again as a Run - Machine 💥. 😇🔥💯@imVkohli ❤️ #ThankYouViratKohli #Kohli ❤️ pic.twitter.com/gEs3GTATgA
— Reddy Pilla (@Tarak_chelli) November 9, 2021
Kohli, while speaking at the toss, also hinted that Rohit Sharma is the next in line to take over the captaincy of India's T20I side. With new coach Rahul Dravid already appointed, it is going to be a new era in Indian cricket.
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