Virat Kohli Posts Picture with Teammates before Taking Off for India vs West Indies 2019; Netizens Ask 'Where is Rohit Sharma?'

For a long time now, there have been rumours about the alleged rift between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Post this Rohit Sharma unfollowed Anushka Sharma on social media and this added fuel to the fire. In fact, yesterday at the press conference, Virat Kohli addressed the issues of the same and rubbished the reports of the rift. The statement made headlines and was scattered all over the media and then the fans thought that this was an end of everything. Virat Kohli Denies Rift With Rohit Sharma, Backs Ravi Shastri as Coach: 5 Takeaways From Indian Skipper's Press Conference Ahead of West Indies Tour.

But tongues started waging once again when the Indian cricket captain shared an image of himself along with KL Rahul, Krunal Pandey, Manish Pandey and Washington Sundar. Rohit Sharma was obviously not a part of the group photo and the snap was shared by the Indian cricket captain ahead of the Indian team leaving for West Indies. Check out the snap:

The netizens wanted to know about the absence of Rohit Sharma from the snap.

Here’s another tweet.

Yet another one.

The banter continues.

Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma.

While speaking to the press about the rift, Virat said, “I have heard a lot of things from the outside, if the atmosphere was not right then we would not have been able to come on top of ODI. In my opinion, it's baffling, to be honest. It's absolutely ridiculous to read such stuff that comes out. I have been to a few public events and the sentiment is "aap log kya khele (you guys played so well).” The match against West Indies will begin from August 3, 2019.

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