Virat Kohli, the captain of the Indian team’s Test and ODI team, is definitely out of the T20 International series and Test series against New Zealand, but has not left the practice. He will return in the second Test against New Zealand. Just before this, he was seen practicing with former India batting coach and former cricketer Sanjay Bangar at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Here, the second Test of the series is also to be played.
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Currently, Ajinkya Rahane is captaining the Kanpur Test in the absence of Kohli. Virat Kohli had decided to take rest after the T20 World Cup-2021. Because of this, he was not included in the team for the T20 series and not for the first Test. Kohli has also left the captaincy of the T20 team to focus on batting. Rohit Sharma has been made the captain in his place.
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Kohli has been battling poor form for the last two years. He last scored a century in Tests in November 2019 against Bangladesh. Since then he has been struggling to reach the triple digits. He has played a total of 9 Tests in 2021. During this, Kohli has scored 447 runs in 15 innings at an average of 29.80 at a strike rate of 44.61. His best score is 72.
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