Watch! Team India including Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma meet legendary Sir Garfield Sobers | IND vs WI

Updated : Jul 05, 2023 11:30
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Team India is touring the West Indies for a 2-Test, 3-ODI, and 5-T20I series, but before that the Men in Blue met Windies great Sir Garfield Sobers.

BCCI posted a video where many Indian cricketers including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill were seen shaking hands with Sobers, who also had his wife by his side.

In 1958, Sir Garfield Sobers set the world records for the highest maiden test ton (365*) as well as becoming the first batsman in test history to convert his maiden test ton into a triple ton.

Incidentally in 2020, Virat was awarded with the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for male cricketer of the decade.

India Test squad for West Indies: Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.

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