On Saturday, the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli took to his official Twitter account to post a picture of him with form Indian skipper, Rahul Dravid ahead of the third T20I match against South Africa, causing fans going gaga on the microblogging site. Kohli shared the picture of the two of them shaking hands with an emoji of the national flag and a handshake.
Dravid had visited Team India’s practice session in Bengaluru ahead of the team’s third T20 International against South Africa at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium. Fans lavished praise on the picture of the two cricketing veterans of the Indian team. Here is Kohli’s tweet:
🇮🇳🤝 pic.twitter.com/sOt7s7JaKP
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 21, 2019
Commenting on the picture, one of the Twitter users said, “King with India’s best-retired cricketer. Best in their generations. Several users responded to the tweet saying “2 legends”. Needless to say, there were some tongue-in-cheek comments as well. “Indian Great with a Fan,” wrote a user.
King with India's best retired cricketer
— 🚶 (@Marvellous_Capt) September 21, 2019
Two Greatest Legend Of Indian Cricket In One Pics. ❤️❤️ #ViratKohli #RahulDravid pic.twitter.com/HA6pcDznYf
— Kangkan Sarma (@imKangkanSarma) September 21, 2019
A legend meet another legend
— Anurag Shaw (@AnuragShaw12) September 21, 2019
Here is some more reactions on the picture:
two Legend together ❤
— Vivek Kumar Patel (@ImVKpatel18) September 21, 2019
Best in their generations 😍👌🏻
— Troll Virat Kohli Haters (@TrollVKHaters) September 21, 2019
On Friday, the BCCI was trolled for tweeting a picture of Rahul Dravid with India coach Ravi Shastri and captioning it “When two greats of Indian Cricket meet”. The BCCI’s idea of clubbing Shastri with Dravid as “greats” didn’t go down well among fans on Twitter, and they flooded the post with their opinions.
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Now, with Kohli’s picture up with Dravid, a user tweeted “Now can say “Two of the Greats!”.” Virat was seen getting ready for the final T20I against South Africa. The veteran batsman scored an unbeaten 72 off 52 balls to help India chase down 150 with an over to go in the second match played in Mohali. In the process, he overtook Rohit Sharma as the highest run-scorer in T20Is.
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After the knock, Kohli also boasts of averages above 50 in all three formats of the game. Team India is having an unassailable lead in the three-match series with the first game in Dharamsala being washed out due to rain.
