ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will kickstart on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad with defending champions England taking on New Zealand. Fans around the world are all braced up to witness the biggest cricket carnival that is being hosted by India. The World Cup 2023 might be the last of many players including Team India's star batter Virat Kohli. Talking about Virat Kohli, he has been grabbing headlines for the past few days over rumours suggesting that the cricketer is all set to be a father again as his wife Anushka Sharma is pregnant. However, Virat Kohli on Wednesday took to his Instagram handle and came up with a humble request to his friends and family which even left Anushka Sharma in laughter.
Virat on his Instagram stories wrote, "As we approach the World Cup, I would humbly like to let all my friends know to not request me for tickets at all through the tournament. Enjoy from your homes pls." Reading this request, Anushka Sharma could not keep her calm and she broke into laughter. In fact, she also took to her Instagram handle and wrote, "..and let me just add ... please don't request me to help if your messages get unanswered. Thank you for your understanding."
Anushka Sharma replying to Virat Kohli's Instagram story. pic.twitter.com/XeJfXm53OQ
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 4, 2023
Anushka Sharma's pregnancy rumours
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma recently became the center of attention during an outing in Mumbai. What caught everyone's eye was Anushka's surprising decision to decline posing for photographs, leaving fans and paparazzi curious. Adorned in a loose white shirt and pants, the actress, upon noticing the paparazzi capturing her, gestured for them not to take her pictures and quickly bid them farewell. This incident swiftly gained momentum on social media, eliciting a variety of reactions from netizens. Some netizens speculated that Anushka's discreet behavior might indicate a desire to keep her pregnancy a secret
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Coming back to Cricket World Cup 2023, a total of 48 matches will be played across 10 grounds in India, from Dharamsala in the north to as far south as Bangalore and Chennai. The first match of the ODI World Cup 2023 will be played on Thursday, October 5 and the final will be played on Sunday, November 19. The day matches will start at 10:30 AM IST while the day-night matches will start at 2 PM IST.