Chennai Franchise Wins Heart With A Special 4-tweet Thread For Virat Kohli’s 71st Ton

Virat Kohli put an end to his century drought since 2019 on 8 September 2021. He was playing against Afghanistan in the ongoing Asia Cup in Dubai. However, it was a formality for both teams as they got crashed out of the tournament already. Hence, Rohit Sharma took a rest from the match.

In the absence of him, Virat Kohli came out to open the innings with KL Rahul. He finally brought up his 71st international ton. His fans went jubilant and celebrated that achievement like a festival around India. Now, the Chennai franchise of the Indian T20 League came up with an impressive 4-tweet thread for the former Indian skipper.

Here is the shared 4-tweet thread:

He charged head-first into battles, over and over again! pic.twitter.com/4Q0760RGtv

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) September 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/ChennaiIPL/status/1568184675054788609

Chennai Showed great respect for Virat Kohli who plays for the Bangalore franchise in the Indian T20 League

Speaking of the 4-tweet thread, they shared the post to heap praises on Virat Kohli only. First, they wrote, “The King is back, they’re saying. But he never left, did he?” by sharing a picture of Kohli celebrating a Test century. After that, the second tweet read: “He charged head-first into battles, over and over again!”

In the third tweet, Chennai lauded Kohli’s fighting spirit over the years. The tweet read: “He braved wars and scars fearlessly, turning away not once!” In the last and fourth tweet, they wrote: “Hurdles can’t hold back a relentless warrior! Cricket hai abhi baaki! #WhistlePodu.” by sharing a picture of him celebrating his 71st international ton. In the last tweet, they used Kohli’s ‘abhi cricket hai baaki’ comment. He told the same to Bhuvneshwar Kumar after returning to the dugout following his majestic ton.

Meanwhile, being a rival franchise in the Indian T20 League, this gesture from Chennai won the hearts of fans. Over the years, people have witnessed many exciting matches between Chennai and Bangalore. Speaking of Virat Kohli, he had a great Asia Cup despite the team India’s poor performance. He scored 276 runs in five matches, at an average of 92.