IND vs ENG: The first Test match between India and England is to be played in Hyderabad from 25 January. Virat Kohli will not be seen playing in this match. He will not be able to play the second match also.
Virat Kohli will not play the first 2 test matches between IND vs ENG
The 5 test match series between India and England is now just around the corner. The first match will be played from January 25. The Indian team for the first two Tests had already been announced by the BCCI.
Meanwhile, suddenly the news has come that former Indian team captain Virat Kohli will not play the first two test matches against England. BCCI has also given information regarding this on social media. Due to this, the Indian team may face problems against England.
BCCI informed about Kohli not playing
The first Test between India and England is in Hyderabad from January 25. The second match will be played in Visakhapatnam from 2 February. Former Team India captain Virat Kohli will not play in both these matches.
In the information given by BCCI on social media, it has been said that Virat Kohli has decided not to play the first two Tests due to personal reasons. He has withdrawn his name. However, the reason has not been revealed yet.
Kohli did not even play the first T20 match against Afghanistan
Recently, when Virat Kohli played the T20 series against Afghanistan, he did not even play the first match. After this he was seen playing the second and third matches.
It was believed that January 11 was Kohli’s daughter Vamika’s birthday, hence he had sought exemption from that match. But now the information about why they are not playing the matches of this series will be available later.
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Team for three test matches will be announced later
The special thing is that BCCI had announced the team for the first two tests only, in which Kohli’s name was included. There is a gap of about a week between the second and third matches, so their team will be announced later. It will be interesting to see how many matches Kohli will be able to play now out of the total five.
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