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Ahead of the Boxing Day Test between India and South Africa, the team’s star batsman Virat Kohli was separated from the team due to personal reasons. Former Indian captain Virat Kohli took a rest in the white-ball series and is finalizing his preparations with the intention of putting on a strong performance in the Test series. Kohli joined the team on Sunday and was once again seen taking batting practice.
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah were not available for selection for the ODI and T20 series. Virat Kohli, the highest run-scorer in the recently concluded ODI World Cup, joined the Indian Test team last week. The first Test match between India and South Africa will be played from Tuesday.
In a video shared on X, Virat Kohli is seen batting in the nets. Virat Kohli did not participate in the three-day team match. Virat Kohli did not play the last Test match against South Africa due to a back injury. Virat Kohli will play his 112th Test match on Thursday.
Virat Kohli has scored 8676 runs in 111 Test matches. He has 29 fifties and 29 centuries to his name in this format. Kohli will be available for selection in the first Test match, while Ishan Kishan and pacer Mohammad Shami are not part of the two-match Test series.
India Test Team: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (Vice-Captain). The famous Krishna, K.S. Bharat (wicketkeeper), Abhimanyu Iswaran.