Mayank Agarwal 'grateful' to fans after crossing 1 million Instagram followers
Nov 12, 2020
New Delhi [India], November 12 : As Indian batsman Mayank Agarwal has crossed one million followers on photo and video sharing social networking platform Instagram, the right-handed batsman thanked his fans and followers for their overwhelming support.
"One M.1 M Overwhelmed. Humbled. Grateful. Thank you for all the support," Mayank captioned the picture on Instagram.
Mayank is currently gearing up for the Australian tour. The Indian cricket team arrived in Sydney on Thursday for the much-anticipated all-format series against Australia.
India's tour of Australia begins with the white ball fixtures as the ODIs would be played on November 27, 29, and December 2 at Sydney Cricket Ground and at the Manuka Oval in Canberra respectively.
The first T20I will also be played in Canberra on December 4 and the rest two on December 6 and 8 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Also, the Indian side will play four Tests against Australia which will be a part of the World Test Championship. With India sitting at the top of the points table in the World Test Championship and Australia second, it is expected to be a thrilling contest with the first Test set to be played under lights from December 17 to 21 at the Adelaide Oval.
Earlier this week, the BCCI had announced that skipper Kohli will be missing three Test matches in the upcoming series against Australia. Kohli has been granted paternity leave and as a result, he will be featuring in just the opening Test of the four-match series.
The BCCI had also confirmed that Rohit Sharma will be rested for the white-ball leg of the Australia tour and he will be a part of the Test squad.
On Wednesday, ANI reported that Rohit will hit the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and complete rehabilitation as he injured his left hamstring during the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The second is the Boxing Day Test which will be at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from December 26 to 30. The third Test will be at the Sydney Cricket Ground from January 7 to 11 and the final Test at the Gabba from January 15 to 19.