Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates Holi with teammates at NCA, pics go viral

People of all ages in India celebrated Holi - the festival of colors with full enthusiasm recently. India cricketers also celebrated the festival and many of them shared pictures of their Holi celebrations.

Team India spin bowler Yuzvendra Chahal celebrated Holi with his fellow teammates at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. Chahal shared a photo on Instagram with Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Deepak Hooda, Arshdeep Singh, and Umran Malik. He captioned the post, “Happy holi,” along with a heart emoji.

In the picture shared by Chahal, all cricketers can be seen posing for pictures happily and it seems that they had an amazing time. The splash of the colours on their faces also tells the story of their Holi celebration at the NCA.

Just after the cricketer posted the photo, a lot of Indian fans wished him a very Happy Holi in the comment section.

Meanwhile, Indian players who are taking part in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy also shared photos and videos of their Holi celebration on social media. India opening batter Shubman Gill uploaded a clip, which saw Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, other team members, and coaching staff playing with colors while travelling on a team bus. Kohli was seen in full joy singing a trendy song ‘Calm Down’ and matching steps to it.

Usman Khawaja shines on Day 1

Meanwhile, the fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy began on Thursday, March 9 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Rohit Sharma and Co. were unlucky on Day 1 as Australia won the toss and chose to bat first.

Australia scored 255/4 at stumps on Day 1. For India, Mohammed Shami, who returned to the playing XI claimed two wickets and the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja picked one each.

India won the first two Tests against Australia and retained the prestigious Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australia, on the other hand, made a terrific comeback and defeated India in the third Test and secured their spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) final which will be played from June 7 in London. The Ahmedabad Test is very crucial for India to reach the WTC Final.

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