(Reuters) – India’s Virat Kohli will not be participating in the remaining three tests of the five-match home series against England due to personal reasons, as announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday.
Kohli had previously withdrawn from the first two tests also for personal reasons, with the Indian cricket board stating in a press release that it fully respected and supported the player’s decision.
England secured a victory in the opening test in Hyderabad by 28 runs before India evened the series at 1-1 with a 106-run win at Visakhapatnam earlier this week.
The third test is set to take place in Rajkot from Feb. 15, followed by matches in Ranchi and Dharamsala.
The injured duo of batter KL Rahul and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja were included in the squad named for the final three tests by the BCCI, but their participation is dependent on clearance from the medical team.
India’s squad includes players such as 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.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru. Editing by Sam Holmes.)
