Overview
- Kohli shared a New Year picture with Anushka Sharma, captioned “Stepping into 2026 with the light of my life,” which quickly drew massive engagement on social media.
- The image shows playful face paint, with Kohli sporting a Spider-Man design and Anushka a butterfly motif.
- DDCA president Rohan Jaitley confirmed Kohli remains in Delhi’s squad to face Railways on January 6 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.
- In his Vijay Hazare return, Kohli struck 131 and 77 and became the fastest to 16,000 List A runs in 330 innings, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s mark.
- India’s ODI squad is scheduled to assemble in Vadodara by January 8 with the three-match series against New Zealand beginning January 11, and earlier reports indicated Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah could be rested under workload plans.