Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid join other Team India members to enthusiastically ring in the New Year
Test captain Virat Kohli and head coach Rahul Dravid joined other members of Team India to ring in the New Year with enthusiastic celebrations in South Africa.
India finished 2021 on a high after overpowering South Africa in Centurion in the opening match of the three-Test series, and will look to carry the momentum into the second Test starting in Johannesburg on January 3.
Ravichandran Ashwin gave fans a glimpse of the New Year celebrations in the Indian camp by sharing a picture on his Twitter handle. Kohli, Dravid, Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Cheteshwar Pujara, and other team members are seen having a gala time together.
Ashwin shared the following post and captioned it:
New year new hopes! Wish you all a happy and prosperous 2022. #HappyNewYear
New year new hopes! Wish you all a happy and prosperous 2022. #HappyNewYear https://t.co/cssKEpeePI
Anushka Sharma also posted a photo of herself along with Kohli and expressed gratitude for all the happiness in 2021.
We hope everyone is blessed with joy and happiness this new year. We send you our love and positivity. 鉂わ笍 https://t.co/ZI3DU0JD5m
Cricket fraternity sends New Year wishes to fans
Several members of the cricketing fraternity took to their social media handles to wish their fans a Happy New Year.
Here are some of the posts:
2020 and 2021 have been years with many challenges. Wishing 2022 has a lot more ease and good health for everyone. Wishing you a very Happy New Year. #Welcome2022 https://t.co/tUO8COrIU8
#HappyNewYear!
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Another year filled with great memories! Thank you to all who played a part in making 2021 a year to remember.
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Hope this year is better for everyone.
Stay safe. Look after each other.
#2022
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Rohit Sharma rested with T20 World Cup in mind, says Chetan Sharma
Chief selector Chetan Sharma has said Rohit Sharma, who is currently undergoing rehab at the NCA in Bengaluru, has been left out of the squad for the ODI series in South Africa to allow him time to regain full fitness.
"This is the only reason we decided that Rohit goes and does his rehab, work on his fitness, work on his muscles. There is so much cricket happening. No player wishes for an injury, everybody wants to play, nobody gets injured intentionally. And that was the reason to stop Rohit from these three matches, that he is 100 per cent fit, there is a T20 World Cup in front of you, there are important series in front of you, that is the reason. We had a good chat with Rohit, all selectors had a good chat with Rohit and that is the reason he is not going to South Africa and KL is the captain," Sharma said.
India ODI squad for 3-match series against South Africa
KL Rahul (Capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Y Chahal, R Ashwin, W Sundar, J Bumrah (VC), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj
The ODI series will commence on January 19 in Paarl.