Virat Kohli had reached New York a day earlier Kohli distanced himself from the practice match
New Delhi. Indian cricket team's star batsman Virat Kohli did not play against Bangladesh in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 practice match. Kohli decided to keep himself out of this match due to fatigue. Virat reached America on Saturday. At the time of the toss, Team India captain Rohit Sharma confirmed that Virat will not play in this match. Rohit said that Virat has come here only yesterday. He will not be able to play today.
Virat Kohli covered a distance of 12542 km in 16 hours by flight. In such a situation, fatigue is natural for any person. He did not go to America with the team. The first batch of the Indian team left on May 25. Kohli left after five days due to personal reasons. The 17th season of IPL was great for Virat Kohli. He scored the most 741 runs while playing for RCB in the IPL. He was awarded the Purple Cap.
Sanju Samson came to open with Rohit
In the practice match against Bangladesh, India won the toss and decided to bat first. Sanju Samson came out to open with Rohit Sharma for India. Sanju flopped in opening. Sanju returned to the pavilion after scoring one run off 6 balls. He was out LBW by Shoriful Islam. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 23 runs off 19 balls. Rohit was caught by Riaz Hussain off Mahmudullah's ball.
India will face Ireland on June 5
The Indian team had to play a practice match in the T20 World Cup. After this, Team India will start its campaign in the World Cup against Ireland on June 5. Last time the Indian team was successful in making it to the semi-finals. India was defeated by England in the semi-finals. This time Team India has reached America with the intention of ending the 17-year title drought. India won the T20 World Cup in the year 2007.
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first published : June 1, 2024, 8:43 pm IST
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