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Former India cricketer Suresh Raina says Virat Kohli deserves to draw the curtains on his T20 captaincy stint by winning the shortest format's World Cup in the UAE and Oman. Kohli will step down from T20 captaincy after the World Cup and Raina said the talismanic batter deserves a befitting farewell from his teammates. "For India, the message at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup is simple -- do it for Virat Kohli. "It will probably be his last time at this tournament as captain, so it's very important for him to make everyone believe we can do it and for us to get behind him," Raina wrote in a column for ICC. "India fans can't wait for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 to start for this reason. We have the players, we have the momentum - we just need to go out there and execute now." Raina feels the Indian players featuring in the IPL in the UAE could help them during the World Cup. "All of our players have just played the Indian Premier League in the UAE and they have played themselves