"Toss is also giving farewell to Virat Kohli" - Fans react as Team India takes on Namibia in their final game at the 2021 T20 World Cup

Team India will be playing their final match of the 2021 T20 World Cup tonight (November 8) as they take on Namibia in a dead rubber. Both teams are already out of the reckoning for a spot in the semifinals.

Virat Kohli won the toss for the second consecutive game and chose to bowl first in his farewell game as the Men in Blue's T20I skipper. Rahul Chahar replaced Varun Chakravarthy in India's playing XI. The rest of the team remained the same.

Here are the playing XIs for today's game:

India playing XI: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.

Namibia playing XI: Stephan Baard, Michael van Lingen, Craig Williams, Gerhard Erasmus(c), Zane Green(w), David Wiese, Jan Frylinck, JJ Smit, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz.

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Most of the fans were emotional as this marks Virat Kohli's final match as India's T20I captain. They took to Twitter to express their views on it. Some were looking forward to the new leadership while bidding farewell to Kohli.

Here are some of the best reactions:

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Indian players should have taken some rest before the World Cup: Madan Lal

Former Indian player Madan Lal felt that the Men in Blue would have benefited if there was some gap between the IPL and the World Cup. Lal feels it would have given them a much-needed breather.

Most of the Indian players have been on the road and in bio bubbles since the WTC final in June 2021. Lal opined that a break just before the World Cup might have helped them to get rejuvenated.

"Bio-bubble fatigue actually played an important role here. It is not an excuse! Remember the India-New Zealand match. When the Kiwis were hitting the ball, it was going out of the park but when our players were hitting, it was going into the fielders' hands. So, they were tired, there's no doubt about that," Lal said as quoted by the IANS.

He added:

"They came directly to the World Cup after playing in the IPL. Before that they were in England (for the Test series). Now that is the problem? they could have opted out of the league (IPL). They should have taken some rest before the World Cup."

The Men in Blue will look to put in a dominant performance tonight and sign off on a high note after a disappointing campaign at the 2021 T20 World Cup.