The Indian cricket -super star Virat Kohli has again set social media on fire, but this time for his unrecognizable view. The newest photo of Virat Kohli, clicked in London with a man named Shash Patel, stunned many and even left emotionally on Friday 8 August.
The 36-year-old Batting Maestro looked dramatically different in the viral image. On the viral photo, Kohli was visibly outdated with a gray beard and at first glance almost unrecognizable, so that fans wondered whether the countdown to his full retirement of the game started.
The unrecognizable photo of Virat Kohli is going viral
His surprising look comes just a few weeks after his last public performance at a festive event organized by Yuvraj Singh on July 10, where Kohli made a fair revelation about his test retirement. At the same event, the former Indian captain made a brutal remark about painting his beard every few days, which, according to many, was now more than just a joke.
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But it seems that the reality was already at the beginning and overtakes the age with two contrasting looks of him in his last two performances. Fans, who love Kohli’s passion, intensity and unparalleled hunger to runs, are now confronted with the difficult truth that their hero is getting older.
Virat Kohli’s Gray-Beard Look Sparks ODI Pension Buzz
This is not the first time that Kohli’s salt and pepper beard has taken the headlines. In July 2023 a post with wife Anushka Sharma had also attracted attention for the same reason. But this time the reactions are much more intense. After the latest photo, fans speculate that Kohli’s pension is loading because he has already left test and t20i cricket.
While some fans went to social media to encourage Kohli not to retire from ODIs, others are already preparing for an emotional farewell. Many expressed a heartbreak after seeing their favorite cricket player hero who accepted and moved forward, for fear of a big call.
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This is how fans respond to the viral photo of Virat Kohli in London:
Virat Kohli was seen in the streets of London with Bollywood actor Shashi Kiran.
– When he saw Virat’s white beard, it felt like an era ended. The BCCI will discuss his ODI career with the 36-year-old Kohli. This news is deliberately distributed in … pic.twitter.com/ksof6fuohv
– Honest Cricket -Fan’s (@Maddies18) August 8, 2025
He didn’t even turn his beard now. ODI Pension Load !!
– The Last Dance (@26lastdance) August 8, 2025
Virat Kohli with Shash Kiran in the UK. pic.twitter.com/y9jowro1gl
– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 8, 2025
If you have to color your beard every four days, you know that Virat Kohli was not wrong. 🥺 pic.twitter.com/oa59vyecjx
– Work.️ (@ work_178) August 7, 2025
White beard! pic.twitter.com/uccfsl392d
– Virat Kohli FineEeam (@Viratfanteam) August 8, 2025
Whether you are Virat Kohli or worker Rameh, you can fall the problem of her and make them gray 😭 pic.twitter.com/oatcuo8xjv
– Gagan🇮🇳 (@1No_Aalsi_) August 8, 2025
Kohli Bhai Beard color cart Lo 😭 pic.twitter.com/nsivvtewuy
– (@Viratkohli_un) August 8, 2025
Whether you are Virat Kohli or worker Rameh, you can fall the problem of her and make them gray 😭 pic.twitter.com/oatcuo8xjv
– Gagan🇮🇳 (@1No_Aalsi_) August 8, 2025
Virat Kohli looks like 40
– Cricket – addict (@cricketadd75277) August 8, 2025
What is the use of leaving butter chicken and having a title of strongest cricket player 😭😭 Why Bro Why #Viratkohli You make advertisements from those trimmers, you can’t get them and take your pension back pic.twitter.com/nxmdftlnng
– GKLNX (@editzpace95994) August 8, 2025
It is really painful to see🥺💔 #Viratkohli pic.twitter.com/zqgzostiaz
– Faishal Khan 🇮🇳 (@faishal6447) August 8, 2025
After white hair kanna anna ki white bread gurinche ekkuva badhapadutuna 😭💔
I can’t grow old our youth heroes @Imvkohli #Viratkohli #whiteberad #Testcricket pic.twitter.com/k7y4zxi8ok– Luffy (@bcci_banisa) August 8, 2025
Yes, the time flies.
He came, he conquered, he left.#Viratkohli pic.twitter.com/tu2agceyy– Cricketadda🇮🇳 (Cricket Panchayat) (@criktalks) August 8, 2025
Youth, but more than seeing our king old 🥹#Viratkohli #Cricket pic.twitter.com/di0vmqsz3i
– AksHat (@AksChatGoel1408) August 8, 2025
Loading ODI Pension?#Viratkohli #Whitebeard pic.twitter.com/3bgmgmqap4
– H🏴 (@Kohlination82) August 8, 2025
In the meantime, Virat Kohli’s retirement of test cricket shocked in May 2025 fans, especially since it came less than a year after he stopped T20i’s after India’s T20 World Cup 2024 Triumph in the US and West India. He announced his test retirement just before the tour in England.
The right-handed Slagman was expected to return to India colors this month, but the postponement of the Indian Tour in India postponed his comeback. Now he is expected to have Limited-overs tour in the Limited-overs Tour in October, which will comprise three ODIs and five T20Is in October.
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