World Cup 2019: Virat Kohli meets Queen Elizabeth; twitterati says, “come back with Kohinoor”

The ICC World Cup Cricket fever has caught up among the fans since the dates have been announced. All eyes are on the Indian Cricket Team and fans of the Men in Blue are rooting for the team. Virat Kohli, the captain of Indian cricket team will be heading the team for the first time in World Cup 2019. On Wednesday, Virat along with the captains of other nine countries met Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, at the opening party at The Mall, in front of Buckingham Palace in central London. This year World Cup is hosted by England.

The pictures of meeting the Queen are going viral on social media. Have a look at the pictures. The pictures are also posted on the official handle of the Royal Family.

Have a look.

This afternoon, The Queen and The Duke of Sussex met @cricketworldcup team captains at Buckingham Palace ahead of the start of the tournament tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/9zo05CoFbS

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) May 29, 2019

Captains including @Eoin16 and @imVkohli met Her Majesty and His Royal Highness before joining a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. pic.twitter.com/AjS5eZBrVH

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) May 29, 2019

Here’s BCCI’s tweet.

Skipper meets the Queen #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/Ch2jcv5mTj

— BCCI (@BCCI) May 29, 2019

Post these pictures went viral, Twitterati reminded Virat of the Kohinoor diamond that was taken from India and is now part of the Crown Jewels. Some asked him to ask for the Kohinoor.

Have a look at the tweets.

Kohinoor maang le

— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) May 30, 2019

कोहिनूर मांग भाई कोहली।

— Gaurav Chaudhary (@gkctweets) May 29, 2019

VIRAT BE LIKE QUEEN HUM DIAMOND & #CWC19 DONO LE KE JAYEGE ??????????

— RakulPreetFc_10 (@Rakulpreetfc10) May 29, 2019

Yahi mauka hai Kohinoor wapas maang lo?

— ?Aparna? (@Jayaa_IND) May 29, 2019

@imVkohli come back India with kohinoor(i.e CWC trophy)…

— Omkar Bhimrao Nangare Patil (@BhimraoOmkar) May 30, 2019

The first match of India is against South Africa at The Rose Bowl, Southampton, on June 5.

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