Rohit Sharma's 9-year-old tweet becomes viral after he is named T20I captain; find out why.

Team India's newly-appointed T20I captain, Rohit Sharma, is making headlines on social media over a tweet he wrote in 2012. The 9-year-old tweet surfaced during India's first Twenty20 International match against New Zealand on Wednesday. Rohit can be seen in a tweet that has since gone viral on the microblogging platform alerting supporters about his "additional duty" of leading the "side" for the first time in Jaipur. Obviously, Rohit was not alluding to being the captain of Team India at the moment, as MS Dhoni was. Rohit's remark appeared to be in response to his appointment as captain of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy side.

Rohit Sharma blasted an incredible 36-ball 48 runs to put India in a dominating position while pursuing a 165-run mark against New Zealand. Five boundaries and two maximums were included in Rohit's knock. Earlier in the game, Rohit won the toss and chose to bat against the Kiwis. Martin Guptill and Mark Chapman hit 70 and 63 runs, respectively, to help New Zealand reach 164/6 in 20 overs.