Virat Kohli‘s final game as India’s T20 captain ended on a high note as the Men in Blue beat Namibia by nine wickets in the ICC T20 World Cup Group 2 match in Dubai on Monday. Kohli had announced in September that he would step down as captain of the Indian T20 team after the ongoing ICC event. Announcing the decision, he had then said, “Understanding workload is a very important thing and considering my immense workload over the last 8-9 years playing all 3 formats and captaining regularly for last 5-6 years, I feel I need to give myself space to be fully ready to lead the Indian team in Test and ODI cricket." While his last tournament as the skipper ended on a disappointing note, fans could not help but thank him for leading the team to incredible victories during his tenure.
Following Monday night’s encounter, #ThankYouViratKohli started trending on micro-blogging platform Twitter, as fans poured in wishes for the former skipper.
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
From this To thisWe'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
Bliss #ThankYouViratKohli pic.twitter.com/WnySoINzJm— Jack kuruvilla ❤️ (@kuruvila_vj) November 8, 2021
“Our Country is glad to have you, and we’re grateful for your contribution to the Indian cricket . May your decision bring you much happiness and fulfillment.” ❤ #ThankYouViratKohli #IndianCricketTeam pic.twitter.com/3akvIho40E— Barsha Vkohli (@barshaVkohli18) November 8, 2021
thank you skip, thank you for everything #ThankYouViratKohli pic.twitter.com/XGn0plLOY1— su (@suhaanasuffer) November 8, 2021
T20I series wins in SENA and many good T20 memories . #ThankYouViratKohli the T20 skipper ❤️ . pic.twitter.com/cAHql5aNSX— Goutham (@thisis_Goutham_) November 8, 2021
Highest Win % as a T20 international Captain .Virat Kohli - 63.37%Eoin Morgan - 62.32%Daren Sammy - 59.57%
And Virat Kohli is the only Indian Captain to win series in sena countries .Captaincy level #ThankyouViratKohli pic.twitter.com/gNk2UBzquL
— Mani Shankar Nekkalapu (@shankarnekkalap) November 8, 2021
Probably the unluckiest captian India has ever had #ThankYouViratKohliFor 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
India never looked out of chase where they needed 133 runs against Namibia on Monday. Although it seemed that Namibia will give India some fight, the pedestrian bowling wasn’t good enough to make the Men in Blue sweat. Fans thought they will see captain Kohli one final time when Rohit Sharma departed, but it didn’t happen. Meanwhile, KL Rahul looked good as he slammed his third fifty of the tournament
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