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Popular Cricketers Wished Their Fans ‘Happy Diwali’

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Diwali is the biggest festival in India. Popularly known as the festival of lights, Diwali or Deepawali is celebrated with great joy and enthusiasm all over the country. People light up their homes with a beautiful array of oil lamps, make several sweets and delicacies, burst firecrackers and worship Goddess of prosperity, Goddess Laxmi. Popular cricketers from India and abroad who have a huge fan base in India wished Indian fans a very happy Diwali. Let us see who all joined the celebration and posted what wishes on their social media accounts.

1. Australian former lethal pacer Brett Lee shared a beautiful picture of diyas (oil lamps) with a Happy Diwali message written on it.

Fans too showered him with lovely replies wishing him happiness. Sharing one fan reply below:

https://twitter.com/ShilpaShindeTM/status/1188481859480477696

2. South African captain Faf du Plessis in spite of having a disappointing series in India, did not forget to wish his followers in India a very happy Diwali.  Faf is a talented batsman and a great leader, who is very popular in India, especially among the Chennai Super Kings fans.

3. Team India’s prime opening batsman Rohit Sharma wished fans happy Diwali and also asked fans to make sure furry animals are not affected by all the crackers and the loud noises during Diwali.

4. England Women’s Team’s popular all-rounder Danielle Wyatt too shared a happy Diwali greeting on Twitter.

 

5. Pakistan’s former super-fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar asked fans to have fun on Diwali.

6. Indian cricket team’s coach Ravi Shastri too shared his Diwali greetings and wished good for the less fortunate ones.

7. Dwane Bravo who recently announced retirement from all forms of cricket took to Instagram to wish his fans in India a happy festival time.

8. Jasprit Bumrah shared a picture with his family celebrating Diwali and wished his fans on the auspicious occasion.

9. Rishabh Pant too gave wishes to fans with a beautiful image of him offering sweets with a bright smile.

10. India’s premier off-spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin shared below Diwali greeting on his Twitter account.

11. Team India’s former left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan shared a picture with his wife and gave his beloved fans Diwali wishes.

12. Great cricketer Brian Lara too did not miss wishing his fans on Diwali.

13. Team India’s captain and extraordinary batsman Virat Kohli shared adorable pictures with his wife and Bollywood star Anushka Sharma. Fans were super happy with King Kohli’s Diwali wishes.

14. Hardik Pandya shared beautiful Diwali pictures with his family on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4IVIu1lFmh/

 

Other cricketers such as Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Gayle and Steve Smith too wished their Indian fans by sharing a Happy Diwali greeting image.

David Warner, Kumar Sangakkara and Irfan Pathan, who all had their birthday on the same day as Diwali i.e. October 27, also wished their Indian fans a happy Diwali.

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar too shared a video wishing fans a very happy Diwali on Twitter.

And that was how some of the popular cricketers wished their fans ‘Happy Diwali’. Hope you enjoyed reading their wishes. And if you are someone who celebrates Diwali, we wish you a very happy Diwali!

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