The excitement surrounding Virat Kohli’s impending return to action for India has already begun. On Wednesday morning, a sizable crowd gathered in front of the Indian team bus at the Delhi airport to get autographs from Kohli. Many celebrities might ignore such a situation, but Kohli’s gesture caught everyone off guard. The 36-year-old, who was seated next to Shreyas Iyer, motioned for a member of the support crew to take the fans’ posters so he could sign them.
It turned out that some of the posters were sent in by the fans, and Kohli signed them.
Virat Kohli and Team India have left for Australia from Delhi today💕 pic.twitter.com/KgDo1i1sMG
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When India plays Australia in three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in Australia beginning on October 19, Kohli is anticipated to play. It will be his first time playing for India in more than seven months if he does. The Champions Trophy final in 2025 was Kohli’s final international match.
In preparation for the exciting white-ball tour that will start later this week, the Indian men’s team left the national capital on Wednesday morning to board the plane bound for Australia.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, two of the best batsmen in the world, joined the Indian squad after arriving in Delhi on Tuesday. India is going on a three-ODI and five-T20I tour of Australia. The second and third ODIs will be played on October 23 and 25, while the 50-over matches will kick off the series on Sunday. From October 29 to November 8, the five Twenty20 Internationals will be contested.
Shubman Gill, the captain, Rohit, Virat, Shreyas Iyer, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Harshit Rana, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Prasidh Krishna were among the players seen at the Delhi airport.
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Shubman Gill (Captain) make up India’s ODI team against Australia.
