Twitter Reactions: Virat Kohli bags the fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shree

Indian skipper Virat Kohli has been on an upwards climb ever since he donned the role of leading the side. To add another feather to his cap, he was awarded the Padma Shri Award, the fourth highest civilian award in the country. He was honored with the prestigious award by the President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The 28-year-old was amongst the 8 athletes out of the 89 in total who were in the list of Padma Shri recipients on the eve of the Republic Day. The seven other included hockey captain PR Sreejesh, Rio Olympics bronze medalist wrestler Sakshi Malik, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, Paralympian gold medalist Mariyappan Thangavelu and silver medalist Deepa Malik, discus thrower Vikas Gowda and blind cricket team captain Shekhar Naik.

Kohli has had a tremendous couple of years with the India team. Under his leadership, India became the number one Test side in the world and won all the Test series since he became the regular captain. As far as his personal batting record is concerned, he has been in an outstanding form of late as he notched up four double-centuries in Tests this season.

The Delhi lad also became the captain of India’s ODI and T20 squads as well after MS Dhoni decided to step down. India won the ODI series against New Zealand as well as the ODI and T20 series against England under Kohli.

He has been on the rise for so many years and has already embarked himself as one of the best batsmen of all time. His growth in the game has repeatedly given rise to his comparisons with the great Sachin Tendulkar. At the age of 28, he already has 43 international centuries and has close to 14,000 runs to his name across all formats.

Twitter heaped appreciations for him after he received the Padma Shri award.

@imVkohli Congratulations Virat sir proud of you keep doing well and be who you are never change #ViratKohli #Padmashri ???

— Vatsal Bhanushali (@vatsalbhanu) March 30, 2017

Congrats champ you deserve this honorable dr.virat Kohli #ViratKohli @imVkohli love you I wish your every dearm come true pic.twitter.com/yLdMRTUcuG

— Riya (@Riya44101916) March 30, 2017

Congratulations @imVkohli
You deserve this honour Champion???#Padmashri award #JaiHind ??

— Sumit kukreja (@sam4kukreja) March 30, 2017

Congratulation for achieving Padma Shri Award keep it up sir @imVkohli

— kumar abhishek singh (@kumarab24026033) March 30, 2017

Virat Kohli honoured with Padma Shri by our honourable
President, moment to cherish for every single fan. pic.twitter.com/T0ycNAScJQ

— #WIvPAK #WIvsPAK (@PCBCoverage) March 30, 2017

#PadmaAwards Congratulations @imVkohli for receiving an award by our honourable president Mr. Mukherjee. Keep it up skipper!#TeamIndia

— ASHISH JABBLE (@AshishJabble) March 30, 2017

Hearty Congratulations to #ViratKohli
for receiving #Padmashri
award from the President of India
Retweet #viratfans#PadmaAwards pic.twitter.com/syFTbbINai

— pathansalmankhan (@salmankhanhh) March 30, 2017

#PadmaAwards for @imVkohli badhai bro. Looking Great pic.twitter.com/zJHXBPkB8V

— Harsh Kumar? (@harshktweets) March 30, 2017

#PadmaAwards @imVkohli What a proud moment for all the Viratians. Congratulations sir. Your family must be overwhelmed. 🙂 @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/sBinyAZHQ5

— Sanjana Singh (@Sanjana83182460) March 30, 2017

#PadmaAwards @imVkohli deserves this… At this very young age he is doing great job.. Making the whole India proud… ?????? #proudandhappy

— The Speaker ? (@pradhan5678_jh) March 30, 2017

Congratulations @imVkohli for receiving the #PadmaAwards ( Padma Shri ) today.
May this progress lasts forever…

— Anustup Mukherjee (@AnustupM1998) March 30, 2017

Indeed a very proud moment for a mother to see her son making the name of the country known worldwide. #Respect Dr. @imVkohli #PadmaAwards https://t.co/wGL6mPGX6z

— Rahul Brahmbhatt (@RahulBrahmbhatt) March 30, 2017

Congratulations to the Run Machine @imVkohli for padmashree.
Way to go captain and take India to more victories??#ViratKohli #PadmaAwards https://t.co/45CLKJIZ88

— Mayank Kakkar (@mayank10196) March 30, 2017

BIG CONGRATULATIONS @imVkohli Very well deserved. More power to you and many more to come ???? https://t.co/aPRnMsnKKh

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) March 30, 2017

We are proud of you Padma Shri @imVkohli !This is for all your hard work & dedication towards the game & our country! Keep going champ!!! ?? pic.twitter.com/8nuhrMp8BR

— Virat Gang – VK18FC (@ViratGang) March 30, 2017

@imVkohli
Congrats champ?
PADMA SHRI VIRAT KOHLI ?
?????
Love u!!!

Jai hind !

— ? ? ? ? ? ?⛄ (@MKWADHWANI17) March 30, 2017

O wow @imVkohli Vk gets Padma shri Award today. Such a proud moment fr all of https://t.co/SWx4R9XOdk u Vk?? pic.twitter.com/KpuJ8gkrOa

— swwapnilkar Ankyy? (@AvcharAnkita) March 30, 2017

Congrats @imVkohli Paji. https://t.co/0JWoT7YGWY

— Sandeep sharma (@sandeep25a) March 30, 2017

Welcome to the club.. congratulations @imVkohli for getting Padma Shri award.. wish you lots of awards and success! God bless you brother

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 30, 2017