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Bollywood reacts to Virat Kohli stepping down from India`s test captaincy, call him `true leader`
Ritesh Deshmukh calls Virat `King Kohli` and Arjun Rampal thanks him for `incredible memories`.
New Delhi: Virat Kohli’s announcement of stepping down from India’s Test Captaincy on Saturday (January 15) after Test series defeat against South Africa broke many hearts. Virat led team India for seven years starting from 2014. In his long announcement note, the Indian cricketer wrote that he has “done the job with absolute honesty”. Various celebrities like Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Sara Tendulkar, Athiya Shetty, and others lent their support to Virat and liked his note.
Various celebs also took to Twitter to write appreciation posts for Kohli. “Aye Captain. Thank You. For the sweat. The blood. The tears of joy. For making us a relentless winning force anywhere in the world. For taking bouncers on the chin for us and making us No 1. Teary-eyed but grateful forever #GOAT @imVkohli. Keep winning for India,” wrote Suniel Shetty.
He further thanked BCCI, MS Dhoni and Ravi Shastri in his note.