Watch: Team India Commemorating 72nd Independence Day in England
Updated - 10 Jan 2019, 12:33 AM
”Every human has four endowments – self-awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change,” one of the greatest quotes ever cited by a famous writer, Stephen Covey. Meanwhile, India is celebrating its 72nd Independence Day on Wednesday (August 15th, 2018) after receiving freedom from British, as Team India celebrated the mega occasion in England.
Virat Kohli and his troops are away from home, but that didn’t stop them from celebrating the Independence Day. On this particular day, the whole nation is marking the day by hoisting the Indian flag sky-high.
On behalf of the team, wish you a happy Independence day: Virat Kohli:
Team India celebrated the Independence day at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The Indian skipper Virat Kohli and the head coach Ravi Shastri jointly hoisted the Indian flag. It was followed by the National Anthem, ‘Jana Gana Mana…’ The whole team members including the staff joined the event.
On a concluding note, Virat Kohli wished all the fans a happy Independence day.
“On behalf of the Indian cricket team, all the way from the UK here is wishing everyone a very happy Independence Day. Jai Hind!”, Kohli said.
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Test series status:
Currently, India team are down to 2-0 in the hands of hosts, England. They lost by 31 runs at Edgbaston after a tough fight and then failed to deliver at the historic venue Lord’s.
With a series at stake, the Indian team bus moved towards Trent Bridge to push themselves into a do-or-die game.
However, India has a fair chance to make a comeback into the game by pushing a victory in Nottingham.