The members of the Indian cricket team celebrated Diwali ahead of taking part in their final game of the World Cup 2023 league stage against the Netherlands. The Men in Blue donned the ethnic attire as they were spotted having a fun night away from gearing up for the game against the Dutch team. The BCCI took to their social media handle where skipper Rohit Sharma, head coach Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli were spotted having a good time at their hotel.
The Indian team under the leadership of Rohit Sharma has been playing brilliant cricket in the ongoing mega event as they have not lost a single game so far, winning all of their eight matches. The likes of Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami have been unstoppable as the latter has recorded a massive 543 runs in just eight innings and on the back of his terrific batting, he also equalled the legendary Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 ODI tons.
Mohammed Shami on the other hand, has been unleashing fire as he scalped 16 wickets in 4 matches after coming in as a replacement to Hardik Pandya. The Men in Blue is currently locking horns against the Netherlands at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Team India is going full throttle after batting first in Bangalore as skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have given yet another solid start as they are punishing Dutch’s bowlers.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.
Netherlands (Playing XI): Wesley Barresi, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren.