IPL 2018: Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli spend time with family before season begins

The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League will kick start on April 7 when defending champions Mumbai Indians take on Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium. But before the cash-rich league begins, the cricketers have been spending some rare time off with their family. The newly-appointed skipper of the Delhi Daredevils, Gautam Gambhir made a visit to Golden Temple Amritsar with wife and daughter. The left-handed batsman was seen taking blessings and worshipping at the holy temple. He was appointed as DD captain earlier this month. (Source: PTI)

Gautam Gambhir, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders since 2011 till last season, was not retained by the two-time IPL winners and was snapped up by Daredevils for Rs 2.8 crore, from a base price of Rs 2 crore at the IPL Auction in January this year. (Source: PTI)

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma had earlier posted a picture with wife RItika Sajdeh on his official Instagram account. The caption of the photo read, "Blue waters, blue skies and this one = bliss 🙌." Rohit led the Mumbai Indians franchise that won last season's IPL beating Rising Pune Supergiant in the final. He was retained by Mumbai Indians. (Source: Instagram)

India captain Virat Kohli took some off-time from the cricketing field as he missed the tri-series in Sri Lanka earlier. Kohli spent this free time with wife Anushka and even posted a picture on his social media account. Virat was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore. With the retention, he became the only player to be a part of only one franchise side right from the inception of the league. (Source: Instagram)