Virat Kohli To Rohit Sharma: 7 Vegetarian Cricketers From India

Virat Kohli

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Rohit Sharma

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Shikhar Dhawan

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Ravichandran Ashwin

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Suresh Raina

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Yuzvendra Chahal

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