IND vs SL: Young fans holding placard reading 'Reinstate Virat Kohli' as Test captain from stands turns heads

Two young cricket fans requested Virat Kohli to be reinstated as India’s captain from the stands on Day two of the ongoing pink-ball Test match between India and Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

The kids who are die-hard fans of the batting megastar were seen holding a placard that read “ROHIT IS #NOT MY CAPTAIN RE-INSTATE KOHLI #GOAT.” The same visuals went viral in no time and a lot of fans reacted to them.

My sons at chinnaswamy stadium yesterday… #rohitisnotmycaptain reinstate #ViratKohli𓃵 @imVkohli #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/NOzp1OZf7g

— Karthik K B Rao (@raokarthikkb) March 13, 2022

The image was shared by their father on Twitter and it went viral in no time. However, there were many who criticized the person for posting this on social media. Nonetheless, the cricket enthusiast also gave an explanation by asking the Twitterati to calm down and said the request was only made to appoint Kohli as the Test captain.  He then suggested KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant as better Test captaincy candidates than Sharma as the latter gets injured before important overseas series.

At the same time, he also added that Rohit is an outstanding white-ball player and he is sure that the ‘Hitman’ will play a key role in India winning the 2022 T20 World Cup and the 2023 ODI World Cup.

Guys relax , that was for tests only.. make pant or kl as captain but not a player who gets injured just before sena overseas series … rohit is no doubt goat in white ball cricket and hoping he wins us world cup both this year and in 23

— Karthik K B Rao (@raokarthikkb) March 14, 2022

The person then made amends by posting a picture of a Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma fan seated together in the stands.

Peace ✌ pic.twitter.com/FCIJZEFlmy

— Karthik K B Rao (@raokarthikkb) March 14, 2022

The ongoing two-match Test series against Sri Lanka is Rohit Sharma’s first assignment as India’s red-ball captain. He succeeded the batting megastar who had shockingly stepped down from the position after losing the three-match Test series against South Africa 1-2 from a position of strength in January. Under Virat’s leadership, the Indian team were at the top position of the ICC Test rankings for 42 continuous months between October 2016 to March 2020 and never lost a home Test series.

Coming back to the pink-ball Test match in Bengaluru, the hosts are in the driver’s seat to register a series win with the Lankans going into stumps at 28/1 chasing a mammoth 447. They lost the wicket of opener Lahiru Thirimanne for a duck before skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis played it safely from thereon to ensure no further damage was done.