The Indian cricketers, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant will be unavailable for the third and final T20I match against West Indies in Kolkata as the BCCI has decided to give the former Indian skipper, and current wicketkeeper a break from the Indian team’s bio bubble.

The BCCI has given Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant a break for 10 days from the Indian team’s bio-bubble. The report further states that Pant and Kohli will not be playing in the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka beginning on February 24 in Lucknow. Kohli wants to prepare well for the 100th Test match of his career which is scheduled to be taking place in Mohali in the first week of March.

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Virat Kohli has been with Team India since December when the side toured South Africa for three Tests and as many ODIs. The 33-year-old had led the team in the Test series before resigning as the captain in the longest format a day after the final Test in Cape Town.

Pant and Kohli played in all the three ODIs against West Indies and scored important half-centuries in India’s 8-run win over West Indies in the second T20I of the series on Friday.

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After his match-winning knock, while talking to the broadcasters, Virat Kohli said, “I decided to be positive when I went in. Despite losing a few wickets, I wanted to continue in the same way. I was disappointed to get out because the game was set up nicely to go hard in the last few overs, which is my strength. I am happy that I went out with a clear intent today.”

India’s remaining Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Ruturaj Gaikwad