RCB vs KKR | Twitter reacts as Virat Kohli bows out of RCB captaincy sans IPL trophy

10/11/2021

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Virat Kohli and team didn’t make it an easy sail for Kolkata Knight Riders during their chase of 139, but the two-time champions crossed the line in the last over of IPL 2021 Eliminator on Monday. The four-wicket defeat marked an end to Kohli’s long stint as the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain.

Kolkata Knight Riders needed 27 off the last five overs, after pinch hitter Sunil Narine had tonked Daniel Christian for three sixes in the 12th over. However, the seamers brought Royal Challengers Bangalore back in the contest to reduce the equation to 7 off 6.

Harshal Patel rounded off a highly impressive campaign with 2/19, which took his IPL 2021 wickets tally to 32, levelling with Dwayne Bravo’s record for most wickets in a single edition (2013). Siraj dismissed Narine and Dinesh Karthik in the 18th over and George Garton followed it up with a tight 19th.

However, Shakib Al Hasan struck a crucial boundary off Christian off the first ball of the 20th, and in skipper Eoin Morgan’s company, took the two-time champions over the line.

Earlier, Narine weaved his magic with the ball, pricing out Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell in an outstanding spell of 4/21, which limited RCB to 138/7.

Kohli captained RCB in 140 matches overall, which is second only to MS Dhoni's tally of 203. The team came closest to winning the title under him in 2016, when they were beaten by David Warner's Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final.

KKR will take on Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 2 at the same venue on Wednesday, October 13.

CHIN UP CHAMP!

Well what a game of cricket that was!

Sunil Narine’s evening. He’s won that game for KKR!

Gutted for being knocked out the tournament in such a close game.

Kohli’s last game as captain as well,hold your head high skip😢

Back stronger next year
— Alexandra Hartley (@AlexHartley93)

RCB OUT!

Rcb out of ipl2021

KKR won by 4 wickets

😞

It hurts

It's fell like a small dynamite 🧨 blast in heart it's feels very bad but i won't blame anybody it's our team they will bounce back🤩❤️❤️
— Prashanth (@Prashan56678556)

END OF KOHLI ERA IN RCB!

It was the last time we saw Kohli donning the captain's hat in . However he will continue to provide his services to the team until his last IPL game. His reaction in post match presentation:
— All About Cricket (@AllAboutCricke8)

GOAT!

Thanks for giving lovely Memories as Captain

Miss you so much as RCB Captain 💔
— Madhav Sharma (@madhavsharmaaa)

DISHEARTENING!

Very disheartening to see that end his era in IPL without ANY TROPHY

2016 WAS BEST CHANCE thanks for Ipl captaincy

Now looking forward to your performance as a player.
— Manish Gupta (@manishgupta0117)

WHY GOD?

The day when i realized..

Hard work is not always important, sometimes luck is equally important...💔

Verna duniya ka sabse mahan batter bina trophy ke nhi rehta...

Why God why, you are so unfair for this man....🥲
— रॉयल र. वि. माहौरिया Royal R. V. Mahoriya🇮🇳❤🦁🐿 (@RRV_Mahoriya)

END OF AN ERA!

THE END OF AN ERA ! ❣️

— 🅰️LØK 🅰️@®@V 💔 (@alok_aarav14)

MEMORIES!

There’ll always be IPL 2016.

Runs : 973

Innings : 16

Average: 81.08

Strike rate: 138.70

Fifty : 7

Hundred: 4

Fours : 83

Sixes : 36

MOM: 5

MOT : ✅

Orange Cap: 🧡
— Sohini (@Mittermaniac)

ADIOS SKIP!

No matter what King will remain King! Adios skip 🌟! Would have love to see him lift the cup ! Best wishes for the get this cup and sign off on a great note ! 🌟🥂🔥
— Pinkal Vachhani (@pinkal08)

THANK YOU!

So, this was his last match as captain....

Thank u for all the entertainment & memories Champ🙌❤️

Trophy, No Trophy.....Doesn't matter in the end for me.... Fan hu & hmesa rhunga 😙 Will support u always no matter what🙌 ❤️
— ㉿@र्तिकेय 🖤🎩 (@ImKarteekey)

YOU DESERVE BETTER!