On route to Sri Lanka, players go on selfie spree
EWDELHI: It is quite ommon to find eople posting selfes and check-in pdates on their ocial media profiles when they’re off to a ertain tour or an vent. Celebrities, oo, make the most of heir moments by licking a selfie or two o keep their fans pdated on their daily chedule, events, tours nd trends. However, he same was taken to a whole new level on Wednesday when early the entire Indian ricket team posted picures as they left for Sri anka. The Indian cricket team ill play three Test atches, five ODIs and a ne-off T20I against Sri anka. It’s a highly nticipated tour as this ill be Ravi Shastri’s rst assignment after eing appointed at the elm of the team. Although the visitors are pinned as favourites, they’ll be well aware of the threat that the Lankans can produce at home, especially after pulling off a record win against Zimbabwe recently.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan, who had a fantastic outing at the ICC Champions Trophy and the Indian Premier League, posted a picture, tagging the pace duo of Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and stating: “And we are ready.. Off to Sri Lanka @ImIshant @BhuviOfficial.”
Ishant, however, posted a picture on his own and with Bhuvneshwar in the frame simply stating: “Off to Sri Lanka!!” A lot will depend on Ishant, the senior most of the pace battery captain Virat Kohli has at his disposal while Bhuvneshwar’s swinging deliveries are expected to create problems for the opposition. Umesh Yadav, the other fast bowler in the side apart from Mohammed Shami, too posted a selfie using a similar caption that read: “Off to Colombo #srilanka#”.
Captain Kohli wasn’t shy from posting one as well. Along with KL Rahul, who is sporting a new hairdo for the upcoming tour, the swashbuckling right-handed batsman posted a picture on his official Instagram account stating: “Flight delays call for a selfie, #Srilanka it is! @rahulkl #Enroute #BackToBasics.”
It wasn’t the first one for Rahul though, who featured in one with Hardik Pandya while they were on the team bus. “the brother-man is back with a bang. off to Sri Lanka #INDvsSL @rahulkl,” he wrote on his Instagram handle.