Team India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday spent some quality time with school kids in Southampton at the Rose Bowl on the sidelines of a gruelling training session ahead of their World Cup g🎃ame against Afghanistan.
Apart from Kohli, other Indian cricketers like Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were also present as they conducted a cricket clinic for the youn𒁃g kids present. The clinic was organized by the ICC.
Babies' day out! 🤗
— K L Rahul (@klrahul)
Seeing the joy on the faces of these kids .. it's what this great sport is all about 😁
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7)
In a tweet shared by Cricket World Cup on social ▨media, Kohli can 🅷be seen interacting with the kids and also posing with them for photographs.
🏏 "I believe that cricket can really make a difference to children's lives"
Virat Kohli bats for Cricket4Good. Watch here ⬇️
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup)
Also, on his Twitter handle, Kohli wrote, “Spending time with kids is an absolute joy and an opportunity to contribute to their journey in some way. Such honesty and commitment in whatever kids do. So much to learn as well and the biggest learning is to never forget the joy of playing this great game.”
Spending time with kids is an absolute joy and an opportunity to contribute to their journey in some way. Such honesty and commitment in whatever kids do. So much to learn as well and the biggest learning is to Never forge♌t the joy of playing this great game. 😇😇
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
Currently, Kohli-led India are at fourth spo﷽t in the table with seven points and have a great chance of finishing on top of the ladder in the league stage.
India wi꧅ll next take on Afghanistan in their fifth match of the ongoing World Cup on June 22 in♏ Southampton.