Cricket-India's Kohli to miss rest of England series due to personal reasons
The third test will be held in Rajkot from Feb. 15 with matches to follow at Ranchi and Dharamsala. The injured duo of batter KL Rahul and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja were recalled to the squad announced by the BCCI for the final three tests but will play subject to fitness clearance from the medical team.
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India batsman Virat Kohli has been ruled out of the remaining three tests of their five-match home series with England due to personal reasons, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Saturday. Kohli had pulled out of the first two tests also for personal reasons and the Indian cricket board said in a statement that it fully respected and supported the player's decision.
England won the opening test by 28 runs in Hyderabad before the hosts levelled the series at 1-1 with a 106-run victory at Visakhapatnam earlier this week. The third test will be held in Rajkot from Feb. 15 with matches to follow at Ranchi and Dharamsala.
The injured duo of batter KL Rahul and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja were recalled to the squad announced by the BCCI for the final three tests but will play subject to fitness clearance from the medical team. India squad: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, KS Bharat, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep.
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