India captain Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli's wives Ritika Sajdeh and Anushka Sharma were spotted during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 clash against New Zealand at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai.
This is the first time Anushka Sharma has been spotted watching a cricket match from the stadium after BCCI's new policy for the families of the players. According to the new policy, the wives of Indian players can only attend one game in the Champions Trophy.
Kohli was playing his 300th ODI and his wife decided to present at the stadium for husband's milestone clash. A video is going viral on social media where Anushka Sharma had a cute moment with Rohit Sharma's son, Ahaan. The Bollywood actor was seen with a smile on her face as she greeted both Ritika and Ahaan and the baby boy, too, interacted with Anushka. The video went viral in no time, here is the clip.
Rohit and Ritika blessed with a baby boy in November last year. India ODI and Test captain Rohit also missed the first Test match of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 to be with his family.
Coming back to the match, after being asked to bat, India failed to get a good start as New Zealand picked up three wickets in powerplay. After Kohli's wicket, Axar Patel (42) and Shreyas Iyer (79) helped India to score 249 runs in their third league match. Kohli, who was featuring in his 300th ODI, got out after scoring just 11 runs.
Playing XIs
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
New Zealand (Playing XI): Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William O'Rourke.
