"Play More, Drink Less...": Mohammed Shami's Caption With Team India's Holi Video Amuses Netizens

08.03.2023 - 15:29 sports.ndtv.com

The festival of Holi is being celebrated in India on Wednesday, with the entire country merrily playing with colours to mark the auspicious day.

The members of the Indian cricket team also celebrated the colourful festival whole-heartedly with each other. With many videos of the team's celebration doing rounds on the social media -- showing the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and others throwing colours at each other, a recent tweet from pacer Mohammad Shami has left the netizens in splits.

Taking to Twitter, Shami posted a video of Team India's celebration inside the bus with a hilarious caption, which read, "Play more, drink less, enjoy more, think less.

Have a cheerful Holi! Happy holi." Play more, drink less,enjoy more, think less. Have a cheerful Holi! Happy holi #mdshami11 #mdshami #holi #holifestival #india pic.twitter.com/iGdZB7JNCq The video soon went viral on the social media and the fans bombarded the post with hilarious comments.

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