Indian star batter Virat Kohli has decided to not play the remaining test match of the series against England citing personal reasons as BCCI announced the squad for the last three matches.
In a statement released on the official website, BCCI revealed that Kohli will remain unavailable for selection for the remainder of the series and the board supports the star batter’s decision.
“Virat Kohli will remain unavailable for selection for the remainder of the series due to personal reasons. The Board fully respects and supports Virat Kohli’s decision,” the statement read.
Virat has missed the first two Tests in Hyderabad and Vizag, and is also going to miss the upcoming three matches of the five match series against England. It is suspected by his fans that the king Kohli has taken leave as he and his wife are going to welcome their second child soon.
Meanwhile, the former South African cricketer AB de Villiers on Friday apologised for sharing “false information” related to Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma that they were expecting their second child which has led to the star Indian batter missing the first two Tests against England.
Earlier, AB de Villiers had said that Kohli’s second child is on the way and it’s family time and things are important to him. It did not go down well with the Indian cricket fans and they lambasted Kohli for giving the England series a miss. However, now the South African changed his statement and tried to pacify the situation.
Here’s the squad for the upcoming three Test of the five-match series against England
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul*, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KS Bharat (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja*, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep
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