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Virat Kohli is acceptable to miss India’s forthcoming ODI bid against the Afghanistan nationalist cricket squad due to the fact that of a hamstring wounded sustained during the IPL last earlier this week.
Kohli — who present features exclusively successful the 50-over format for India — was visibly struggling portion anchoring Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s pursuit against Gujarat Titans successful Sunday’s IPL final. The Hindu understands that the wounded to his close hamstring has aggravated since then.
The elder nationalist enactment committee is scheduled to conscionable connected Saturday — coinciding with the opening time of the Test lucifer successful New Chandigarh — to finalise squads for the upcoming tours of Ireland and England.
The Hindu understands that a elaborate fittingness update connected Kohli, on with reports concerning Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya, volition beryllium presented during the meeting. Both Rohit and Hardik had been picked successful the ODI squad taxable to fittingness clearance, and suitable replacements, if required, are expected to beryllium announced aft the meeting.
Kohli past played planetary cricket successful January and was wide expected to transportation his outstanding IPL signifier into the ODI setup aft different prolific season.
The seasoned batter finished IPL 2026 with 675 runs and played a cardinal relation successful helping RCB unafraid a 2nd consecutive title. However, adjacent during the franchise’s post-match celebrations, Kohli appeared to beryllium moving gingerly connected the creation level successful videos released by the franchise — suggesting the grade of discomfort caused by the injury.
The three-match ODI bid volition statesman successful Dharamsala connected June 13.
