Virat Kohli had announced giving up the T20 captaincy of Team India after the T20 World Cup 2021 in UAE and Oman along with his IPL franchise RCB’s captaincy after IPL 2021.
However, Kohli didn't have a fairytale ending to his IPL captaincy for RCB as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered a 4-wicket win over them in the Eliminator of IPL 2021 on Monday (11 October) at Sharjah, ending the leadership tenure of Kohli which began in 2013 when he took over from Daniel Vettori.
Even though RCB was one of the most consistently performing teams, Kohli took this decision to manage his workload. Since RCB got knocked out of the tournament in the Eliminator, fans flooded Twitter with a lot of sweet messages for the 31-year-old as some people felt it was an ‘end of an era’.
Have a look at some tweets from Twitter:
End of an era. Virat Kohli thank you for everything skip. #RCBvKKR
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) October 11, 2021
A brand of cricket where youngsters could come and express themselves on a big stage that’s the legacy of @imVkohli as far as captaincy goes #viratkholi #RCBvsKKR
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) October 11, 2021
Doesn't Matter You Love Him or Hate Him But Its Hurts When Virat Kohli is Struggling. Thank You Virat Kohli For Beautiful Memories as RCB Captain.
— Kashir Ali (@KashirAliCh) October 12, 2021
EK Ehad Tha Jo Tmam Hua ????????#ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/NPcik1II48
Under his captaincy RCB hasn't won any trophy but he is the main reason why RCB has a large fanbase and huge brand value.
— ۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗHM Rathi ???????? (@HM_rathi) October 11, 2021
End of an era, it's heart breaking ????
You can love him, you can hate him but you can't ignore him.
Thanks and Love #ViratKohli ❤️ pic.twitter.com/iiu1fuFPvR
Learn how to hide pain behind smile from this man ???? #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/k3DF4jrpsM
— Biggest Virat????fan -parmeet (@ImVk5fan) October 11, 2021
Had known about rain washing away tears, but saw sweat doing the same. Thanks skip ! #captaincy #RCBvsKKR #rcb #ViratKohli #rcbforever pic.twitter.com/W6v7tgGYON
— Pruthvi (@pruthviwrites) October 11, 2021
It's Not a End..! ✌️
— ???? ???? ???? ツ (@VMT_Official) October 11, 2021
King Always King @imVkohli ❤ Waiting For Your Massive Comeback..! #RCB pic.twitter.com/JSRxam2n6D
Tqs for everything #ViratKohli
— Yashwanth Kalyan Cult ???? (@PKadmirer02) October 11, 2021
Cant control my tears ????
Always with u ❤ pic.twitter.com/m2DtYm9SBp
