The veteran Indian opener, Rohit Sharma, who landed in London on Thursday, took to Instagram to share a picture where he can be seen with the young Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Rishabh Pant, from the venue for the World Test Championship final — The Ageas Bowl in Southampton. The final of the first edition of the World Test Championship is scheduled to be played between India and New Zealand, from June 18-22 with June 23 kept as a reserve day.
Captioning the picture with Rishabh Pant on Instagram, Rohit Sharma wrote: “We are in Southampton”. In the pic, both Rohit and Pant can be seen with the Ageas Bowl ground in the background.
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Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah also shared a picture and captioning it on Twitter, he wrote: “Hello Southampton! 🏏”. The promising Indian cricketer, KL Rahul also posted the picture on Twitter and captioned it as: “Touchdown”.
Hello Southampton! 🏏 pic.twitter.com/qSATFLZ3b0
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) June 3, 2021
Touchdown pic.twitter.com/3GGt0yoIiJ
— K L Rahul (@klrahul11) June 3, 2021
Earlier in the day, Wriddhiman Saha had also shared pictures from the team room’s balcony and asked fans their view about the stadium. Saha tagged the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in his tweet and wrote “That’s our view from the room balcony..Your thoughts?”
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Apart from his, Mayank Agarwal and Ishant Sharma posted pictures from Southampton on their respective Instagram stories.
That’s our view from the room balcony..Your thoughts? 💭 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/0OB0kpwnOY
— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops) June 3, 2021
The Indian men’s and women’s teams arrived at the Heathrow airport in London on Thursday. The men’s team under the captaincy of Virat Kohli will be locking horns with England in a five-match Test series after the World Test Championship final.
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On the other hand, the women’s team will play a one-off Test, three-match ODI series, and a three-match T20I series against England. Mithali Raj will captain the women’s team in the Test and ODIs while Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the side in the shortest format of the game.
