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Rift forgotten, Kumble gives Virushka his best

Last updated on: December 27, 2017 16:54 IST

Was any cricketer missing at the skipper's wedding reception in Mumbai?

 

Virat Kohli

IMAGE: Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli at their reception in Mumbai. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

The big surprise at Indian cricket Captain Virat Kohli and Bollywood star Anushka Sharma's wedding reception in Mumbai on Tuesday, December 26, was Anil Kumble's presence at the event.

Remember how Kumble -- then India's coach -- and the skipper fell out, leading to the legendary legspinner's exit and the arrival of the Kohli-friendly Ravi Shastri at the helm of affairs?

We always know Anil was a class act so we aren't surprised that he flew into Mumbai from Bengaluru with wife Chethana to give the couple their best wishes.

 

Virat Kohli

IMAGE: Anushka and Virat. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

WATCH: Anil and Chethana Kumble arrive at the St Regis hotel in central Mumbai, the venue for Virushka's Mumbai reception

 

Virat Kohli

IMAGE: Anushka looks stunning. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

MS Dhoni

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni -- perhaps the only member of the Indian team who calls Virat by his nickname 'Chikoo' -- with daughter Ziva and wife Sakshi. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

Sachin Tendulkar

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar, Dr Anjali Tendulkar and their daughter Sara. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

Ravi Shastri looks sharp as arrives at the reception

IMAGE: A sharply-dressed Ravi Shastri arrives for the reception. Photograph: Pradeep Bamdekar

Zaheer Khan

IMAGE: Zaheer Khan with his new bride Sagarika Ghatge. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

Sunil Gavaskar

IMAGE: Sunil and Marshneil Gavaskar. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

Saina Nehwal

IMAGE: Badminton star Saina Nehwal posted quite a few pictures with Bollywood stars (SRK, Aishwarya Rai, Katrina Kaif, Bhumi Pednekar...). Photograph: Kind courtesy: Umesh Punwani/Twitter

 

Kuldeep Yadav

IMAGE: Kuldeep Yadav and Manish Pandey. Photograph: Kind courtesy: Umesh Punwani/Twitter

 

Cheteshwar Pujara

IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin, centre, Cheteshwar Pujara, right, and Jaydev Unadkat. Photograph: Kind courtesy: Umesh Punwani/Twitter

 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

IMAGE: Bhuvneshwar Kumar with his new bride Nupur: Will Bhuvi get enough swing on the bouncy South African pitches? Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

Actor and model Lara Dutta and her husband, India's Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi, walk in arm-in-arm and dressed in their finest

IMAGE: Actress Lara Dutta and her husband, India's Davis Cup Captain Mahesh Bhupathi. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

Ishant Sharma

IMAGE: Ishant Sharma, who we believe will be the bowler to watch in South Africa. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

Umesh Yadav

IMAGE: Umesh Yadav -- another one of Virat's go-to-men on India's tour of South Africa -- with his wife Tanya Wadhwa. Photograph: Kind courtesy Umesh Punwani/Twitter

 

Yuvraj Singh greets actress Aditi Rao Hydari while Harbhajan Singh follows

IMAGE: Yuvraj Singh greets actress Aditi Rao Hydari while Harbhajan Singh follows. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

Virat Kohli

IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah: Will either be in the side for the Cape Town Test, which begins January 5? Photograph: Kind courtesy: Umesh Punwani/Twitter

 

Sandeep Patil and wife Meera 

IMAGE: Sandeep Patil and wife Meera. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

 

Virat Kohli

IMAGE: Saroj Kohli, Virat's mother, with her elder son Vikash and his family and her daughter Bhavna and her family at the reception. Photograph: Kind courtesy: Umesh Punwani/Twitter

 

Former India coach Anil Kumble and national rower Sidhharth Sunil were in presence at the reception

IMAGE: Anil Kumble and national rower Siddharth Sunil. Photograph: Kind courtesy Siddharth Sunil/Instagram

Newly weds India's football captain Sunil Chhetri and wife Sonam with Virat and Anushka

 

IMAGE: India's football Captain Sunil Chhetri and wife Sonam -- newly weds themselves -- with Virat and Anushka. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sunil Chhetri/Instagram

 

India's fielding coach R Sridhar and his family with Virat and Anushka

IMAGE: India's fielding coach R Sridhar and his family with Virat and Anushka. Photograph: Kind courtesy R Sridhar/Twitter

 

Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif (right) was one of the invitees for the big wedding

IMAGE: Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif, right and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, left, with the couple. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mohammad Kaif/Twitter

 

India opener Shikhar Dhawan arrives at the venue with his family

IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan arrives with his family. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar
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