On Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has come up with a clarification regarding the absence of the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli and his deputy, Ajinkya Rahane from the playing XI for the ongoing warm-up game against County Select XI. Fans were left baffled after witnessing the absence of Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane from the team sheet when BCCI shared the playing XI for the three-day practice match on Twitter.
However, the Indian board clarified that Virat Kohli had suffered some stiffness in his back and, thus, he was barred from taking the field for the warm-up fixture, which started on Tuesday (July 20).
A media release regarding the same BCCI said, “Captain Virat Kohli felt some stiffness in his back on late Monday evening and he has been advised rest from the three-day first-class warm-up game by the BCCI Medical Team.”
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It further added, “Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has mild swelling around his left upper hamstring. This has been addressed by an injection. He is not available for the three-day first-class warm-up game. The BCCI Medical Team is monitoring him, and he is expected to fully recover well in time for the first Test against England starting from 4th August at Nottingham.”
On the other hand, BCCI also confirmed that Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan will be playing for County Select XI as some of their players were unavailable either due to injury or after coming in close contact with a Covid-19 positive person.
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Informing the same, BCCI wrote, “The ECB made a request to the Indian team management to let two players from the Indian contingent play for County Select XI after some of their players were deemed to be unavailable either due to injury or close contacts of a Covid-19 positive person. Accordingly, Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan have been made available to play for their team.”
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— BCCI (@BCCI) July 20, 2021
Team India’s Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
County Select XI: Haseeb Hameed, Jake Libby, Robert Yates, Washington Sundar, Will Rhodes (c), James Rew (wk), Lyndon James, Liam Patterson-White, Jack Carson, Craig Miles, Avesh Khan
