According to reports, Virat Kohli left for Mumbai before the forthcoming exhibition game with Netherlands on Tuesday. In his justification for not joining the Indian delegation, Kohli had stated that he had a “personal emergency.”
The Indian team, led by Rohit Sharma, arrived in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday evening for their second and final warm-up game before the start of the ODI World Cup. Former captain Virat Kohli was conspicuously absent. Virat had to separate from the rest of the Indian team due to a “personal emergency” while the others boarded a special airplane from Guwahati for a 4-hour trip to Thiruvananthapuram.
According to a Cricbuzz story citing BCCI sources and a team official, the seasoned hitter had to fly to Mumbai for personal reasons. The source told the magazine that “Virat will rejoin the team soon,” but without providing a timeframe.
The Indian team’s path to the 2023 World Cup will begin on October 8 against Australia after their warm-up match against the Netherlands tomorrow. During the recently finished 3-match ODI series, India recently trounced the Kangaroos 2-1 at home.
Thiruvananthapuram is in danger of getting rain:
Rain is probably going to ruin India’s chances during the second warm-up game on October 3 at the Greenfield stadium, much like their earlier match in Guwahati.
In Thiruvananthapuram on October 3, during the day, there is a 97% chance of rain and a 46% probability of rain, according to Accuweather. Additionally, there is a 91% chance of nighttime precipitation, and both the maximum and lowest temperatures are forecast to be in the range of 25 to 30 degrees Celsius.
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, and Ravichandran Ashwin make up India’s final World Cup squad. Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan.
