Virat Kohli might have closed his T20I captaincy chapter with a dominant nine-wicket win over minnows Namibia in the last group match of the T20 World Cup but it wasn’t the ideal end.

Unlike Test cricket, where he guided the team to some historic and memorable victories, the same can’t be said about his white-ball captaincy as people always criticise him for not winning any ICC trophy.

© Twitter/Virat Kohli

He entered the tournament hoping to break that jinx but a couple of bad days in the office and the team was knocked out of the tournament. His millions of fans, who wanted him to end his T20 captaincy tenure with a silverware, were left disappointed but no one is more disappointed than India’s modern-day great.

After the match, ‘King Kohli’ penned a heartfelt message for his fans and the supporters of the Indian cricket team and expressed how gutted he was with India’s early exit from the tournament. He thanked the fans for always supporting him and his teammates in their thick and thin and promised to come back stronger than ever.

Together as one we set out to achieve our goal.Unfortunately we fell short and no one is more disappointed than us as a side.The support from all of you has been fantastic and we are grateful for it all.We will aim to come back stronger and put our best foot forward. Jai Hind pic.twitter.com/UMUQgInHrV

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) November 8, 2021

“Together as one we set out to achieve our goal.Unfortunately we fell short and no one is more disappointed than us as a side,” Kohli wrote on the micro-blogging site.

“The support from all of you has been fantastic and we are grateful for it all. We will aim to come back stronger and put our best foot forward,” he added.

𝗧𝟮𝟬𝗜 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/beEIpD7nis

— ICC (@ICC) November 9, 2021

The fans also thanked the Indian talisman for his services and taking the country to new heights in the game’s fastest format. But more than the disappointment they were happy that he was finally relieved of the T20I captaincy burden.

You've been exceptional as a leader in T20is, thank you Virat. Hope you dominate now as a batsman in T20is.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 8, 2021

We believe and always with you and with team India. And Thank You, Captain King Kohli for the amazing memories As T20I Captain.

— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) November 8, 2021

Unfinished business as a batsman in T20 cricket as well.
With captaincy burden off, the best is yet to come from the greatest T20I batsman of all time
Another MOT in WT20 2022 but this time hopefully, a Title for India

— Krishna (@krisbangalore95) November 8, 2021

What @imVkohli and his team done over the last few years is something that no Indian team has ever done before.
-Two consecutive series wins in Australia
-And an almost series win in England
-And playing WTC final
Proud of You @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/eZ6cFE5zNE

— Zimam Ashrafi (@AliAhfaz) November 8, 2021

Still , Captain who holds the record of most no. of half centuries.
Captain with highest international T20 runs.
Only Asian captain to win T20i series in all SENA countries.

Thank you for everything Skipper @imVkohli !! pic.twitter.com/X0BmWSxHFW

— THAT'S WHO I'M (@JustinOffcl) November 8, 2021

Proud Of You Then, Now & Forever; It's Time To Bring Back The Good Old Days & Dominate The World Cricket Champ!

— Prathamesh Avachare (@onlyprathamesh) November 9, 2021

Thank you Captain @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/JXmzzy3uhx

— Mathan (@Mathan_s_r) November 8, 2021

Now it's time to rewrite History Champ..Bring Vintage Virat Backkkk...Waiting pic.twitter.com/XPui73i21V

— Varshith Chitteti (@NameisVarshi) November 8, 2021

His passionate supporters hoped that it would help him get back to his fluent best and they would get to see him become the best version of himself and score tons of runs like he used to do a couple of years back.

.@imVkohli signs off as the #TeamIndia T20I captain with a win. #T20WorldCup #INDvNAM pic.twitter.com/0YBK69rFhn

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 8, 2021

Kohli led India in exactly 50 matches and emerged victorious in 32 games and lost 16 matches, while two matches failed to yield any result.

During his tenure, he also became the only Asian skipper to win bi-lateral T20 series in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia).

© Twitter/Virat Kohli

He might have won any major ICC title but he definitely left the team in a better state than he inherited and we all must thank him for that.

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