Batting superstar of all three forms and the former skipper Virat Kohli has officially entered the prestigious Twitter Goat club and has taken Twitter by storm. Fans are now trending Kohli. Every time, a Twitter user posts with the hashtag Virat Kohli, a goat’s symbol will be added right after his name.

Owing to his brilliance over the 22 yards, fans felicitated him with the ‘GOAT’ icon and celebrated the occasion with heartwarming posts. For the unversed, GOAT is the abbreviation for Greatest of all time. Tennis player Rafael Nadal and two footballing superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the other two in the club.

Virat Kohli has secured over 23,500 international runs. He is also the only batsman to have 50+ average in all three formats of the game. Furthermore, he is also IPL’s highest scorer with 6,283 runs. Another interesting fact is that along with him, Thalapathy Vijay, Ajith Kumar and Suriya are also trending on Twitter along with the GOAT emoji.

Meanwhile, Kohli was rested for the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka at home starting on Thursday. He left the bio-bubble ahead of the third T20 against West Indies and will rejoin the team ahead of the 1st Test in Mohali starting March 4.