Watch: As Kohli Reached Guwahati For World Cup Warm-Up Match, the Crowd Went Crazy
The excitement of the much-awaited mega event is building up as fans wait for their favourite players to take centre stage. Only a week has been left before the World Cup gets started, and teams have started arriving in India to start their preparations well in advance.
Team India is certainly in the spotlight, as the home side will be eyeing lifting their second World Cup title since 2011. The Men in Blue have landed in Guwahati to play their first World Cup warm-up match against England at Barsapara Stadium on September 30.
Once the team landed, it received a very loud cheer from the fans who gathered around the airport entrance to get a glimpse of them. However, the crowd was on their feet when they spotted Virat Kohli exiting the airport terminal. Fans could be heard chanting “kohli kohli” and jostling around to snap a picture of him.
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India will play another warm-up fixture against the Netherlands on October 2 before heading into the World Cup, where they will face off against the mighty Aussies at M.A. Chidambaram on October 8.