Here's why Anushka Sharma is now the 19th member of Team India

Anushka Sharma is officially the 19th member of Team India in England. Virat Kohli has time and again given credit to Anushka for his on-field performances and on Wednesday the Bollywood actress was the only one apart from the 17 Indian cricketers (Rishabh Pant was not present) and the support staff to pose for a photograph at the Indian High Commission in London.   

Anushka Sharma is officially the 19^th member of Team India in England. Virat Kohli has time and again given credit to Anushka for his on-field performances and on Wednesday the Bollywood actress was the only one apart from the 17 Indian cricketers (Rishabh Pant was not present) and the support staff to pose for a photograph at the Indian High Commission in London.   

The Indian team is in London for the second of the five-match Test series and on Wednesday, a day before the 2^nd Test at Lord’s, Kohli and Co. took time off to visit the High Commission of India in London. The BCCI official twitter handle tweeted the photo and it took no time for netizens to pounce on Anushka Sharma.

Twitterati did not like Anushka’s presence in the middle of the photograph, where the entire Indian team and delegates were present.

Why @BCCI allows someones wife at official tour.... Please confirm Is your team mens are at work or on honeymoon

— Nishant (@NishNishantkr) August 7, 2018

and why everyone’s else wife isn’t there?

— filmy dukkan (@FilmyShetty) August 8, 2018

why is anushka sharma there? she's not a part of team india. this isn't acceptable

— Kate and Kate's dirty sister (@FutbolML) August 7, 2018

How cheap

— Wahid Anwar (@Wahid79722) August 8, 2018

Interestingly, there were reports about BCCI barring the wives of the Indian cricketers from travelling with the team till the third Test match but Anushka was present even in the first Test match at Birmingham when Kohli scored his first hundred in England.