Paris Olympics 2024: Virat Kohli Wishes Good Luck to Indian Athletes Competing at Summer Olympic Games in France (Watch Video)

Mumbai, July 15: Indian cricket star Virat Kohli has made a heartfelt appeal to the nation, urging countrymen to back India’s Olympic athletes as they head to Paris for the quadrennial extravaganza, starting on July 26. Kohli called on fans to support the athletes as they strive for glory, emphasising the importance of national pride and unity. Majority of the Indian Athletes are training abroad in different locations and will converge ahead of the Olympics in Paris. Team India Captain Rohit Sharma Confirms Playing ODI, Test Formats ‘At Least for a While’.

In the video, which featured sports icons like javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and boxer Nishant Dev, Kohli highlighted India's evolution on the global stage.

Virat Kohli Wishes Good Luck to Indian Athletes

Kohli, who is currently in London following India's T20 World Cup triumph in the West Indies last month, passionately addressed Indian sports supporters, urging them to cheer on the 118 athletes aiming to surpass the nation's record of seven medals from the previous Games in Tokyo. Virat Kohli Wishes Good Luck to Paris Olympic Games 2024 Bound Indian Athletes, Neeraj Chopra Responds.

"Our brothers and sisters are headed to Paris, hungry for medals. A billion of us will be watching them nervous and excited as our athletes set foot in the tracks and fields and courts and rings. Every neighbourhood, every corner of India will hear a chorus of voices chanting 'India, India, India'. Join me in remembering their faces as they inch closer to the podium with the dogged determination of waving the Tiranga with pride. Jai Hind and good luck India," he concluded.

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