After his massive wedding celebrations finally came to an end, The Quint got access to Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s phone ahead of his first Test series in South Africa as captain. Here’s what the boys were chatting about in the Team India Whatsapp group, that includes everyone from former coach Anil Kumble to the youngsters in the squad.
Virat Kohli: Party over boys. Hellloooo South Africaaaaa!
Rohit Sharma: Party? Woh toh aapki chal rahi thi. Hum toh Sri Lanka ke saath “khel rahe the”.
Virat Kohli: Oye Sharma ji ke bete! Itna ro kya raha hai. Kal toh badaa photo keech raha tha.
Rohit Sharma: Bhai, now we are family! #HappySharmaPariwaar
Aur Waise present bhi A-class dia na. #DoubleCenturyClub
Virat Kohli: Present ya tension? Honeymoon pe live score dhoondta reh gaya #RoHIT
Hardik Pandya: Ro toh main raha hoon. Bhai ki shaadi ke chakkar mein aapki miss ho gayi. Waha bhabhiji ke filmy friends ko mil leta toh acha hota!
Virat Kohli: Makkhan kisi aur ko maar Hardik. Teri videos dekhi social media pe, zyada dance ho raha tha.
Yuzvendra Chahal: Hahahaha. Thodi moves South Africa ke liye bacha leta.
Hardik Pandya: Haha brothaaamannnn
Virat Kohli: Brothaaaa… aaaja earth waapas. Aapne moves pitch ke liye rakh.
Yuvraj Singh: Virat bhai, main reception main bhi aa gaya, koi injury hui toh Yo-Yo-ouvraj is ready. #YouWeCan
MS Dhoni: Sorry Yuvi, well tried. Teri nautanki is baar nahi chali.
Sab Ziva go dekh rahe the #ProudDad
Shikhar Dhawan: Sorry guys… I have bad news…Mere chacha ke mami ke bete ki shaadi ho rahi hai. I won’t make it to South Africa. See you in Sri Lanka!
Virat Kohli: Abbe yaar Gabbar, itni chutti toh school main bhi allowed nahi thi yaar
Kuldeep Yadav: Virat bhai. Main toh kabhi nahi leta chutti, hattrick bhi li hai. Mujhe kyun peeche chhod gaye?
Anil Kumble: Shh Kuldeep! Who you saying they left behind? Tumhare chakkar mein I got permanently left behind!
Virat Kohli: haha
*deletes Anil Kumble from the group*
Rohit Sharma: But Virat, Kumble sir toh came to your reception also!
Virat Kohli: He did? How did I not meet him?
Video Editor: Kunal Mehra
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