Say Hello to #CaptainKohli

Dhiraj Salian 22 Feb 2013

On Wednesday came the big announcement of Virat Kohli being appointed as the new RCB captain. After a dream run with the bat in 2012 Kohli’s leadership capabilities were clearly established. He certainly is one of the contenders to the lead the Indian team in the future. Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar also backed him up to be the next skipper of the Indian team.

As soon as the news was out it was raining tweets. RCB fans were ecstatic! Kohli is the most capped player for RCB having been a part of the side since the inaugural IPL in 2008. He led the team in one game in IPL 2011 and in 6 games in IPL 2012, winning 4 of the games.

Virat Kohli has been named as the new captain of RCB. IPL 6 here we come! #CaptainKohli bit.ly/VI32KA
— Royal Challengers(@RCBTweets) February 20, 2013

Here’s how fans congratulated Virat and expressed their support.

@imvkohli deserves to be the captan of RCB.This would prepare him to become the next Indian captain.Way to go #CaptainKohli. @rcbtweets rock
— Prakash Iyer (@prakashiyer01) February 20, 2013

@imvkohli congratulations. .. This time the probability of @rcbtweets winning the IPL cup is double ♥♥ ;)
— Neantha Louiza Vaz (@neantha) February 20, 2013

Yay!! @imvkohli is the @rcbtweets captain for IPL-6. Bring on the competition. This year is RCB's year.
— VJ (@iamvinays) February 20, 2013

Here's what Virat Kohli had to say after being appointed as the new RCB Captain. #CaptainKohli twitter.com/RCBTweets/stat…
— Royal Challengers(@RCBTweets) February 20, 2013