New Year celebrations were in full swing across the world including India till Wednesday midnight. People welcomed 2026 in their own way. Indian star batsman Virat Kohli also celebrated the New Year in a different way with his wife Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma. He has posted the picture of the celebration on social media, which is now creating a buzz.

Virat Kohli shared a fresh photo with Anushka Sharma to welcome 2026

In this photo, the former captain of Team India is seen wearing a mask with his wife. Kohli is seen wearing a funny Spider Man style mask and Anushka is seen in a butterfly mask. She has posted this picture on Instagram. Virat Kohli captioned his photo, “Stepping into 2026 with the light of my life.” The post received an overwhelming response from fans. Fans and well-wishers flooded the comments section with messages for the couple at the start of the new year.

The post has received millions of likes and nearly 400,000 messages. It is known that after retiring from T20 International and Test cricket, Virat Kohli now plays only One Day Internationals. Before the ODI series against New Zealand, he is playing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. This domestic tournament marks his return after 15 years. In the first two matches, Kohli scored 131 and 77 runs. He has become the fastest player in the history of List A cricket to score 16,000 runs, breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s long-standing record.

Now, he will play his third match on January 6th. Kohli scored two centuries and a half-century in the recently concluded ODI series against South Africa. He will now join the Indian team in Vadodara on January 8th, which will play a three-match ODI series against New Zealand starting January 11th.

The first match of this series will be played in Vadodara. The matches will be followed by matches in Rajkot on January 14th and Indore on January 18th.