When Virat brought Tears in Millions of Hearts

Starting off with a picture depicting a real-life incident before getting the core.

We are back to that phase of the previous year wherein rounds of Virat Kohli leaving Team India captaincy were going around. “Zero” World Cups won, “Zero” IPL Trophies in his cabinet, “Zero” major trophies won; these were the words echoing around for a long, very long period of time. Adding to it, a “a dry phase” made matters worse for the “King”. And saying this, the hearts of millions of his fans shattered, not together, but piece by piece.

“Virat Kohli to resign as RCB-skipper”, “Virat Kohli steps-down from White Ball captaincy”, “Virat Kohli decides to step-down from the captaincy of his most loved format”.

These statements hit right into the hearts of millions of Indians who saw the rise of Virat Kohli, from a teen-ager slotting in at number 4 to the one carrying the hopes of an “Entire Nation” batting at number 3. Virat Kohli’s empty trophy cabinet as captain overshadowed his unimaginable records as fans lost trust in his captaincy and were blindfolded by Rohit Sharma’s IPL trophies. After India’s semi-final exit from the 2022 T20I World Cup, the same people who once thrived for “Unlucky”, “Choker” Virat Kohli to step down from captaincy, are commenting “There was no fault in his captaincy, the team chokes”. But there stands no value for these comments now, as the rock has already been moved. Virat still stands tall to save the Indian team from collapses, the most recent being the India-Pakistan T20I World Cup clash.

I wish Virat hadn’t stepped down from captaincy as it was his aggression and passion in the field that made me love the sport even more than before. Rightly said, “Test Cricket was limping, that’s when it got an aid in the form of Virat Kohli, who through his aggression and passion, made everyone fall in love with the classic-format of cricket once again.”