28 August,2026 03:49 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Virat Kohli, Bhawna Kohli (Pic: File Pic/Instagram/bhawna_kohli_dhingra)
Team India's batting star Virat Kohli celebrated Raksha Bandhan with his sister, Bhawna.
Bhawna shared a story on her official social media handle, in which she is seen tying a rakhi to Virat. The story also features a picture of her with Virat's elder brother, Vikas.
She also captioned her story by saying, "No matter where life takes us, my prayers will always find you".
The most recent appearance of Kohli came during the concluded ODI series against England. In the third ODI match against the "Three Lions", the right-handed batsman delivered a knock of 74 runs off 60 deliveries, which was laced with four boundaries and three maximums.
Along with him, Rohit Sharma and skipper Shubman Gill registered crucial knocks. Despite stunning knocks, the "Men in Blue" suffered a loss by 27 runs at the Lord's Cricket Ground in the City of Westminster.
With this, the visitors also lost the three-match ODI series by 1-2 against England.
He has already announced his retirement from T20 Internationals (T20Is) and Test Cricket. The right-handed batsman concluded his Test career with 9230 runs in 123 matches. With a top score of an unbeaten 254 runs, Kohli also has 31 half-centuries and 30 centuries to his name in the format's history.
In the shortest format of the game, the Delhi-born cricketer has smashed 4188 runs. Having donned the Indian T20I colours, he registered his top score of an unbeaten 122 runs before retiring from the format. He also smashed 38 half-centuries and a ton in T20Is.
Currently, he continues to play only in One-Day Internationals (ODIs). So far, he has played 314 ODI matches for the "Men in Blue" and has garnered 14,941 runs. With a top score of 183 runs, he also has 79 half-centuries and 54 tons to his name.
Kohli is expected to take the field during Team India's three-match ODI series against the West Indies. The series is set to kick off from September 27.
It will be interesting to see if he manages to feature in the ODI World Cup 2027.
(With ANI Inputs)
