Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma spend New Year's Eve with Hardik Pandya & Natasa Stankovic

COVID-19 pandemic cast a dark shadow over New Year's Eve celebrations on Thursday and many people preferred to stay in ir homes on occasion. Indian captain Virat Kohli and cricketer Hardik Pandya chose to do same.

Kohli took to his Twitter handle on Friday to share some pictures from his cosy dinner with a few friends at home and joining him was Hardik Pandya and wife Natasa Stankovic, along with some or friends. Twinning in shades of black, Virat wrote, "Friends who test negative toger spend positive time toger! thing like a get toger at home with friends in a safe environment." [sic]

Indian skipper recently led Men in Blue to a T20 series victory against Australia after India's defeat in ODI series. Kohli also captained India in first Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy before returning back home for birth of his first child.

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Kohli adjudged ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of Decade

After making his debut for national team in 2008, Virat Kohli has played 87 Tests, 251 ODIs and 85 T20Is ever since. In Tests, he has plundered 7,318 runs at an aver of 53.41 and in ODIs, he has stockpiled 12,040 runs at a prolific rate of 59.31. With 2,928 runs, he is leading run-getter in world in international T20 matches and is only player to simultaneously hold an aver of 50-plus across all three formats. 

While Indian captain bagged ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of Decade, he also won coveted Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men's Cricketer of Decade. Moreover, Kohli also featured in ICC Test, T20I and ODI teams of year and was chosen as captain in longest format of game. 

In a video mess, Kohli said, "I never strive to be better than everybody else. I just wanted to be best version of myself and I am proud to receive this award because I kw number of quality players that have played in last decade and what y bring to international cricket as well. It's t a sense of feeling superior to anyone, it is just that I feel this is a recognition of perseverance and hard work that I have put in last 10 years and will continue to do so in future as well." 

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