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Good news for Team India fans before the Test series against South Africa. Indian cricket team’s star batsman Virat Kohli joined the team. Earlier this week, Kohli left for London suddenly due to a family emergency. Will the run machine be available for the Test series with South Africa? That has become questionable. However, Virat returned to the team ahead of the first Test at Supersport Park, Centurion on 26 December. But why Kohli went to London is still unclear. However, it is reported that Virat took permission from the Board of Control for Cricket in India before going to London. Virat Kohli arrived in South Africa from India on December 15 for the Test series against South Africa. But after 3-4 days, due to a family emergency, he suddenly had to leave South Africa and come to India. As a result, he could not play the 3-day warm-up match. ‘Kohli has already decided to go to London. It is not urgent. This is also not an overnight decision. He has already informed the team management as well as the board,” said a senior BCCI official.
Kohli will be key for India as they look to win the first Test series in South Africa. India had a chance to win the series with a 1-0 lead in the last tour. But unexpectedly lost the next two matches and lost the series. India now have another golden opportunity to clinch the series against South Africa. Having already won the ODI series 2-1, Team India tied the T20 series 1-1. With the absence of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in Team India, the responsibility fell on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Kohli scored 719 runs in 14 innings in South Africa at an average of 50 overs. It has two centuries and three fifties. At the same time Indian captain Rohit Sharma scored only 123 runs in 4 Tests. Meanwhile, India suffered a major blow ahead of the Test series as star pacer Mohammad Shami and batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad missed the series. Abhimanyu Easwaran replaced Gaekwad in the Test team. Wicket keeper-batsman Ishan Kishan has also been ruled out for the series. KS Bharat joined the team in his place.
Virat Kohli Practice..
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Indian Test Team:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Abhimanyu Easwaran, KL Rahul (Wicket Keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (Vice Captain), Prasad Krishna, KS Bharat (wicket keeper).
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