Indian cricket stars welcomed the new year 2026 in their own style. On this occasion, Virat Kohli and Kuldeep Yadav were in discussion on social media for a special reason. Both the players gave fans a glimpse of the New Year by sharing pictures with their partners, which went viral in no time.

Virat Kohli shared a special picture with Anushka Sharma

Team India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli posted a lovely picture on Instagram with his wife and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma on the occasion of New Year. In this photo, light face painting was seen on the faces of both of them. Spiderman’s design was made on Virat’s face, while butterfly painting was seen on Anushka’s face.

Virat wrote the caption with this picture, “Stepping into 2026 with the light of my life”, i.e. “I am stepping into 2026 with the light of my life.” This post went viral within no time and received millions of likes and comments. Along with fans, many celebrities also showered love on this post. The pairing of Virat and Anushka once again came into limelight on social media.

Kuldeep Yadav also did a special post

Indian team’s Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav also shared a picture with his fiancee Vanshika on the occasion of New Year. He wrote in the caption below the photo, “With you 2026.” Kuldeep Yadav got engaged to his childhood friend Vanshika in June 2025. There was discussion for a long time that both of them could get married in November 2025, but it could not happen. Now it is believed that in the new year 2026, Kuldeep can give the good news of marriage to his fans.

Who is Kuldeep Yadav’s future wife Vanshika?

Kuldeep Yadav’s fiancee Vanshika lives in Shyam Nagar, Kanpur. He is currently an officer in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). According to media reports, after completing her studies from school, Vanshika did further studies in Australia. After returning to India, he started working in LIC. It has also been said in some reports that she has also been associated with some multinational company.

The year 2025 is going, everyone is waiting for 2026. Cricket lovers are also eagerly waiting for the new year. The year will start with the ODI series against New Zealand, in which Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play. After this, T20 series between the two and then T20 World Cup in February. 2025 was also great from the point of view of Indian cricket. Team India won the Champions Trophy and Asia Cup titles. This year, many players were also in the headlines for their personal lives, including many who got married or engaged. It also includes Rinku Singh, Arjun Tendulkar, Kuldeep Yadav.

Rinku Singh-Priya Saroj

Rinku Singh is an important player in the T20 format, he has been selected by BCCI in the T20 World Cup 2026 team. He got engaged to Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj on June 8. Their marriage was also to take place in November this year, which was postponed due to Rinku’s busy schedule. Both may get married in 2026.

Kuldeep Yadav-Vanshika Sharma

Spinner Kuldeep Yadav also got engaged this year, he got engaged with his childhood friend Vanshika on June 4. According to the report, Vanshika works in LIC. Both Rinku and Priya had attended this engagement.

Arjun Tendulkar-Sania Chandhok

Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar got engaged with his childhood friend Sania Chandhok in August 2025. Sania comes from a business family, Jio also does business herself. There is also a deep friendship between Sania and Arjun’s sister Sara Tendulkar.

Vaibhav Arora-Vedika Kirpal

28 year old cricketer Vaibhav Arora got engaged on 11 December. He shared a video with Vedika Kirpal, in which he gave this information. Vaibhav is a player of Kolkata Knight Riders, who has also played 5 matches for Punjab Kings. He has taken 36 wickets in 32 matches played in IPL.

Akash Madhwal-Suman Nautiyal

32-year-old bowler Akash Madhwal shared photos of haldi and mehendi ceremony before marriage on his Instagram. He and Suman Nautiyal’s engagement also took place on 26 September this year. Madhwal played IPL for Mumbai Indians in 2023 and 2024, last year he played for Rajasthan Royals. But he remained unsold in the auction held for IPL 2026.

South Africa, playing first in the third T20 match, scored 117 runs. This match is being played at Dharamshala Stadium, in which Team India won the toss and chose to bowl first. In bowling for India, Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty made the South African batsmen crave for runs and also took two wickets each. ‘Birthday boy’ Kuldeep Yadav also took 2 wickets.

The Indian team’s decision to bowl after winning the toss has proved correct so far. Only 3 out of 11 South African batsmen were able to reach double figures in terms of runs. Aiden Markram scored 61 runs, Donovan Ferreira contributed 20 runs and Anrich Nortje contributed 12 runs. Apart from him, no other batsman could even touch the 10-run mark.

South Africa is in trouble

Arshdeep Singh dismissed Reeza Hendricks in the very first over of the innings. In the very next over, Harshit Rana did not even allow Quinton de Kock to open his account. De Kock is coming after playing an inning of 90 runs in the last match. Harshit Rana also dismissed Dewald Brevis in his next over. South Africa had lost three wickets till the score was 7. Tristan Stubbs and Corbin Bosch were also out early, but captain Aiden Markram was holding one end. Markram scored 61 runs in 46 balls.

Indian bowlers wreak havoc in Dharamshala

Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana together destroyed South Africa’s top order. In the middle overs, Varun Chakraborty troubled the African batsmen, taking two wickets for only 11 runs in 4 overs. Chakravarthy has joined the bowlers who have completed 50 wickets in the fewest number of balls in the history of T20 cricket. Only Kuldeep Yadav, Ajanta Mendis and Wanindu Hasaranga are ahead of him in this list.

Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana took two wickets each, while Chakraborty and Kuldeep also took two wickets each. ‘Birthday boy’ Kuldeep Yadav bowled only 2 overs in the match, in which he took two wickets.

When Yashasvi Jaiswal was asked which cricketers fit the names of the titles of Bollywood films, he answered openly. You will also laugh after hearing the cricketers whose names he took on the title. If asked about the cricketer who works hardest, most people will take the name of Virat Kohli, but Yashasvi said something different. He called Kohli a hero and Yuzvendra Chahal as Baahubali.

Team India’s stalwart Rohit Sharma

These questions were asked to Yashasvi Jaiswal during an interview on Aaj Tak channel. He was asked to compare the names of films with any cricketer, he described Rohit Sharma as the leader of Team India. When asked about the strongman of Team India, he took the name of leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.

Saiara told Virat Kohli

Saiyara is a Bollywood movie, in which Saiyara means a loving person. Yashasvi Jaiswal took the name of Virat Kohli as the captain of Team India. Hardik Pandya was described as Dabangg, which means fearless. When Yashasvi was asked about the most Dildaar, he took the name of Virat Kohli here too, in Dildaar he also included KL Rahul along with Kohli and said that if both are together then you do not need to think anything.

On ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ he did not take anyone else’s name but his own. After thinking for a long time, he took his name and said that at the moment youth is going on with me. Hearing this, everyone started laughing. He called Kuldeep Yadav the laziest of the Indian team.

Who is the most hardworking in Team India?

Virat Kohli is considered to be the fittest cricketer of India, who rarely got out of the team due to injury in his career. However, when Yashasvi was asked to name the most hardworking player of Team India, he took the name of Shubman Gill. He said that he has seen Gill very closely. Yashasvi said, “He works hard and is very regular about his routine. He works a lot on his diet, fitness, training and skills. It is incredible. I love watching him and playing with him. He is also an amazing person.”

The couple dance of Virat Kohli and Kuldeep Yadav in the India vs South Africa third ODI match went viral. After the match, he roasted Arshdeep Singh. Now he has also roasted Kuldeep in a tremendous style. In fact, for taking 4 wickets in the third ODI, Kuldeep Yadav was given the Impact Player medal in the dressing room of the Indian cricket team. Kuldeep thanked everyone, while Virat Kohli’s voice can be heard in the background, in which he can be heard saying ‘Ro de, ro de’.

Indian team’s assistant coach Ryan ten Deutsche declared Kuldeep Yadav as an impact player. When Kuldeep Yadav came forward to receive the medal, the first person to shake hands with him was Virat Kohli. Meanwhile, Kuldeep congratulated Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal for their good innings and also praised Jaiswal’s century.

When Kuldeep Yadav returned to his place with the medal, Virat Kohli was heard saying, “Cry, cry.” All the other people present there started laughing at this. When Kuldeep finished his talk, Virat once again tried to imitate Kuldeep in a funny manner.

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Kuldeep Yadav was the bowler taking the most wickets in this entire series. He took a total of 9 wickets in 3 matches. Indian bowlers remained at second and third position in terms of taking most wickets. Prasidh Krishna took 7 wickets and Arshdeep Singh took 5 wickets in the series.

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Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna took four wickets each in the third ODI and reduced the South African innings to 270 runs. Kuldeep has registered his name in a historical record list by trapping four South African batsmen in his spin. Kuldeep has now joined the list of Indian bowlers who have taken the most 4-wicket hauls in ODI cricket history.

In the third ODI match played in Visakhapatnam, Kuldeep Yadav made Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch and Lungi Ngidi his victims. Kuldeep has left behind legends like Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath in the list of Indian bowlers who have taken the most 4-wicket hauls in ODI cricket history.

Most 4-wicket hauls in ODI

Mohammed Shami has taken the maximum 4-wicket haul for India in the history of ODI cricket. Shami has taken four or more wickets in an ODI match 16 times. Ajit Agarkar, the current chief selector of the Indian cricket team, had done this 12 times. Kuldeep Yadav, who has taken 4-wicket hauls 11 times, has come third in this list.

• 16 – Mohammed Shami
• 12 – Ajit Agarkar
• 11 – Kuldeep Yadav
• 10 – Anil Kumble
• 10 – Javagal Srinath

Excellent figures against South Africa

Kuldeep Yadav’s record against South Africa has been excellent. Till now he has played 16 ODI matches against the African team, in which he has taken 36 wickets. Kuldeep’s economy rate against this team is also less than 5. Kuldeep has taken more than 350 wickets in his international career and is very close to completing 200 ODI wickets. Talking about the current ODI series, Kuldeep is the bowler taking the most wickets. He has taken 9 wickets after playing 3 matches in this series.

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Virat Kohli’s style is very unique, he keeps having fun on the field. Sometimes he keeps doing dance moves and sometimes he keeps acting like someone else. Something similar happened in the third ODI match between India vs South Africa. Indian bowlers had reduced South Africa to 270 runs in the first innings. Quinton De Kock played an inning of 106 runs in this match. In fact, when Kuldeep Yadav gave the eighth blow to South Africa by dismissing Corbin Bosch, Virat and Kuldeep did a couple dance.

The video of Kuldeep Yadav and Virat Kohli dancing in a friendly manner is going viral on social media. After taking the wicket of Bosch, Kuldeep held Virat’s hand, then both of them won the hearts of the fans with the couple dance. India vs South Africa 3rd ODI match was full of funny moments. After winning the toss, KL Rahul was also filled with energy, because the Indian team had won the first toss after 20 matches.

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Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna took four wickets each for the Indian team. As a result, the South African team could not even play the full 50 overs and were limited to 270 runs. Let us tell you that in this ODI series, both the teams are on equal footing and the team that wins the third match will be called the winner of the series.

Quinton de Kock is in excellent form for the South African team, who scored a century of 106 runs in the third ODI match. This was the 23rd century of his ODI career, making him equal with Kumar Sangakkara in terms of scoring the most centuries as a wicketkeeper in ODIs. This was his 7th century in ODI against India. Sanath has equaled Jayasuriya in terms of most ODI centuries against India.

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The decisive match of the three-match ODI series is being played between India and South Africa at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. In the third ODI, the South African team could score only 270 runs. However, at one time South Africa’s score was 168 runs for 2 wickets. Quinton de Kock also played a record century inning of 106 runs, but the team was all out for 260. Kuldeep Yadav bowled brilliantly for India. This Chinaman spinner took 4 important wickets for just 41 runs with one maiden in 10 overs. The famous Krishna also got 4 successes.

Now to win the ODI series, Team India will have to score 271 runs. Looking at the way the Indian batsmen have batted in the first two ODIs, it would not be wrong to say that Team India will win the series. However, the fast bowlers are getting good bounce from the pitch. Still, after getting set, it is not difficult to score runs here.

Such was South Africa’s innings

Earlier, South Africa, who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start. Opener Ryan Rickleton was out for zero. Arshdeep Singh sent him to the pavilion. After this there was a century partnership between Temba Bavuma and De Kock. Bavuma was out after scoring 48 runs in 67 balls with the help of five fours. He was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja. This was Jadeja’s first wicket in this series.

After Bavuma’s dismissal, no South African batsman supported De Kock. Matthew Britzke was out after scoring 24 runs in 23 balls, Aiden Markram 01, Dewald Brewis was out after scoring 29 runs in 29 balls. De Kock hit 8 fours and 6 sixes in his innings of 106 runs off 89 balls.

Marco Yansen was out after scoring 17 runs in 15 balls. Keshav Maharaj batted carefully and the team’s score was respectable. He remained unbeaten on 20 runs with the help of two fours in 29 balls.

IND vs SA: In the second match of the India-South Africa ODI series played in Raipur, Team India scored a huge score of 358 runs. The centuries of Rituraj Gaikwad and Virat Kohli had given full hope of victory. Indian bowling and fielding proved to be so weak that the match was lost and the series was tied at 1-1. The biggest reason for this defeat was the five players of the team, whose poor performance proved to be the turning point of the match.

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal

Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal became the biggest disappointment in this match. He could not give a start in batting and soon returned after getting out. Even more damage was done in fielding, when he dropped an easy catch of Aiden Markram. Markram was just getting set, and later he scored a century and turned the match towards South Africa. This catch drop cost India dearly.

2. Washington Beautiful

The team expected all-round performance from Sundar, but he failed with ball, bat and fielding. 1 run in batting, 28 runs in bowling in just 4 overs and no wickets. Along with this, he also dropped the important catch of Tony De Jorji. His failure caused a big loss to India in the middle overs.

3. Famous Krishna

The biggest problem was fast bowling. Prasidh Krishna broke the back of Indian bowling by conceding 85 runs in 8.2 overs. South African batsmen scored a lot of runs on his balls and India could not create pressure. Both his direction and control deteriorated in the death overs and the match completely slipped out of hand.

4. Kuldeep Yadav

Kuldeep Yadav also disappointed. Even though one of his catches was dropped, he could not take a wicket with his bowling. By giving 78 runs in 10 overs, he did not give any chance to reduce the run rate. In the absence of support from the spin department, African batsmen formed partnerships easily.

5. Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma’s innings was the most important link in India’s plan, but he returned to the pavilion after scoring just 14 runs. The pitch was easy, and the team was expecting a big innings from him. His early dismissal already created pressure on the middle order.

Kuldeep Yadav Created New World Record: The first match of the three-match ODI series between India and South was played on Sunday i.e. November 30, 2025 at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi. Team India played brilliantly in this match. Where Virat Kohli scored his 52nd record century and former captain Rohit Sharma scored his 60th half-century in ODIs. Apart from the excellent performance of these two, star spinner Kuldeep Yadav overtook Australia’s legendary leg spinner Shane Warne in taking 4 wickets the most number of wickets against South Africa.

Kuldeep bowled brilliantly in Ranchi ODI

Kuldeep Yadav played an important role in Team India’s victory by bowling brilliantly in Ranchi ODI. In this high-scoring match, Kuldeep took 4 wickets for 68 runs in 10 overs with an economy of 6.80. Kuldeep first dismissed Tony De Georgi for 39 runs and sent him to the pavilion. After this, he dismissed Marco Jansen and Matthew Britzke in the space of three balls in the 34th over. These two batsmen had made a partnership of 97 runs in just 68 balls for the sixth innings. Kuldeep dismissed Yansen after playing a quick inning of 70 runs in 39 balls. Soon after, he dismissed Matthew Britzke for 72 runs in 80 balls and Kuldeep got his fourth wicket in the form of Prenelan Subrayen.

It’s Kuldeep Yadav again

A nicely bowled wrong’un as he completes his spell with figures of 4/68

KL Rahul with the catch

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Kuldeep broke Shane Warne’s record

Kuldeep Yadav was successful in taking four wickets against South Africa in Ranchi ODI. This was the fourth time that he has taken four wickets in an ODI match. Earlier, Kuldeep had also achieved such a feat in Cape Town and Gakerha in 2018 and in Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi in 2022. Kuldeep has made the record of taking four wickets the maximum number of times against South Africa as a spin bowler. Earlier this record was in the names of Shane Warne and Yuzvendra Chahal.