{"id":174372,"date":"2021-09-16T19:27:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=174372"},"modified":"2021-09-17T12:05:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T06:35:35","slug":"virat-kohli-fans-trolled-captaincy-rohit-sharma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/virat-kohli-fans-trolled-captaincy-rohit-sharma\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli fans get taste of their own trolling after Kohli announces leaving T20I captaincy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The captain of Indian Cricket Team, Virat Kohli announced that after the completion of T20 World Cup, he will step down from the captaincy of T20IS. He made this decision after having discussions with his close allies Indian coach Ravi Shastri and vice-captain Rohit Sharma.<br>Earlier on Monday, Times of India had reported that Kohli will be stepping down from the captaincy of ODIS and T20IS, but a BCCI official denied it all and said it was only rumours.<br>But today when Kohli himself made the announcement that he will be stepping down from the T20IS captaincy, twitter sparked with the memes, trolling Kohli fans and hailing Times of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/virat-kohli-resigns-captaincy-t20-world-cup\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/virat-kohli-resigns-captaincy-t20-world-cup\/\"> Virat Kohli to step down as T20 captain after T20 World Cup<\/a><br><br><strong>Here are some of the best tweets:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Entire meme community to Times of India right now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K5iMGfGY4d\">pic.twitter.com\/K5iMGfGY4d<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Neeche Se Topper (@NeecheSeTopper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeecheSeTopper\/status\/1438483746185904129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Times of India to Kohli fans \ud83e\udd32\ud83e\udd32 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AC6U1FKMyc\">pic.twitter.com\/AC6U1FKMyc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Maulana ROCK (@Century_loading) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Century_loading\/status\/1438489891470336004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Times of India ko fake news bolne walo se TOI&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6FXgeQhuF7\">pic.twitter.com\/6FXgeQhuF7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tanay \u0924\u0928\u092f \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@NanjanHu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NanjanHu\/status\/1438491429366427648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Times Of India after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ViratKohli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ViratKohli<\/a> step down from T20i captaincy-: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hbe9wLeeq4\">pic.twitter.com\/Hbe9wLeeq4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pulkit\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@pulkit5Dx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pulkit5Dx\/status\/1438484584002306053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ViratKohli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ViratKohli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/captaincy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#captaincy<\/a> <br>Times of India to haters <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/caOjs56hwS\">pic.twitter.com\/caOjs56hwS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chakraborty T@m@l (@tamal0602) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tamal0602\/status\/1438495704012374028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Times of India<br><br>a few days ago                Today <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1bgXOGTLh\">pic.twitter.com\/j1bgXOGTLh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mohit (@HaramiiParindey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaramiiParindey\/status\/1438484128278593541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans of Rohit Sharma also didn\u2019t miss any chance to troll Kohli fans as there is a strong rivalry between both fan bases. Though, relationship between Rohit and Kohli has always been smooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ViratKohli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ViratKohli<\/a> it&#39;s last chance to see Kohli dance\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/team?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#team<\/a> indian<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rohit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rohit<\/a> sharma <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZEMCZOPcnF\">pic.twitter.com\/ZEMCZOPcnF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Abhin\u00e2v p\u00e1tel (@Abhinav60929426) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abhinav60929426\/status\/1438492028015284225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ViratKohli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ViratKohli<\/a> giving his captaincy to Rohit Sharma <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xndozuxILI\">pic.twitter.com\/xndozuxILI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; H\ud83d\udc07. (@hp_mode2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hp_mode2\/status\/1438488576811958278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rohit sharma rn<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/captaincy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#captaincy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S52mbTIQzJ\">pic.twitter.com\/S52mbTIQzJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 21.NotSavage (@Shetty7077) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shetty7077\/status\/1438486263040937987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virat Kohli step down from captaincy in T20 Format.<br><br>BCCI to Rohit Sharma : <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zgXGvne19J\">pic.twitter.com\/zgXGvne19J<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sachin\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@Humorousbeeing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Humorousbeeing\/status\/1438497106029727749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RohitSharma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RohitSharma<\/a> fans be like <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kO0AG9i1sP\">pic.twitter.com\/kO0AG9i1sP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tanya \ud83c\udf38 (@Tanyyaasingh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tanyyaasingh\/status\/1438485481063260161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speculations are, Rohit Sharma is likely to be named as the T20IS captain after T20 World Cup 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virat Kohli Steps Down As Skipper After T20 WC From T20I - Breaking News _ Live News\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aqg8CSlIf4M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The captain of Indian Cricket Team, Virat Kohli announced that after the completion of T20 World Cup, he will step down from the captaincy of T20IS. 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