Virat Kohli Goes Out Dining With Anushka Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Saragika Ghatge Before T20 World Cup 2024 – WATCH VIDEO
Virat Kohli is the only Indian cricketer for their T20 World Cup 2024 squad who is yet to reach the United States.
New Delhi: At a time when the entire Indian team have reached the United States, former Indian captain Virat Kohli is yet to join his teammates in New York and was spotted in Mumbai on Tuesday post dinner. Kohli’s delay in reaching New York is reportedly due to pending paperwork. In a video that went viral on social media, Kohli was spotted with wife and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma along with former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan and his wife Sagarika Ghatge.
While the exact date of Kohli’s departure for New York is yet to be known, but it is understood that he will be flying out of the country by Thursday. That means, in all likelihood, Kohli will be missing the warm-up game against Bangladesh on June 1 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.
Besides Kohli, all-rounder Hardik Pandya is also yet to join the team. Following Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2024 campaign, Pandya left for London and has been training in the United Kingdom for over a week. It is believed, Pandya will be travelling to US directly from London.
Earlier, Kohli was in red-hot form and was one of the main characters behind Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) turnaround in IPL 2024. After losing seven of the first eight games, RCB won the next six on the trot to qualify for the playoffs. However, RCB lost to Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator to take exit route. With the bat, Kohli scored 741 runs in 15 games including a hundred. He also won the Orange Cap. For the unknown, Kohli was India’s highest run-getter for India in 2022 T20 World Cup.
India are placed in Group A of the T20 World Cup 2024 alongside arch-rivals Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and co-hosts USA. The Men in Blue’s campaign begins on June 5 against Ireland in New York New York before they take on Pakistan four days later.
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