Virat Kohli Not Picked for 1st Odi vs England. Rohit Sharma Says: “Last Night …”

Virat Kohli has not been picked for the first India vs england one on Thursday. The ODI is one of the only three matches that India will be playing ahead of the champions trophy 2025, that starts on February 19, and kohli missing the game com as a major blow for the RHIT Sharma-LED TEAM. Alredy the team is dealing with the injury of jasprit bumrah, with his available in question. Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Shami Are also Coming Back after a long injury break.

India Captain Rohit Sharma said at the toss: “Jaiswal and harshit are making their debuts, unfortunately Virat Isn Bollywood, He Had A Knee Problem Last Night.” The visuals painted a grim picture. Videos showed kohli walking gingerly with a heavily strapped right knee. The extent of the injury is not known but gautam gambhir’s indian crickt team management is clear not taking a chance.

The 36-Year-old’s presence in the match was highly anticipated as despite his test struggles, there is very little dobt about Virat’s Greatness in Odis. Since the 2023-START, He HAS Made 1,435 Runs in 30 Odis at an average of 65.22, with six centuries and eight fiftees. His Best Score is 166*. His Strike Rate is 98.42.

He Top-Scored during the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup (Both Tournament and In All-Time Lists), with 765 Runs in 11 Mats in Average of 95.62, with Three Matches, Six Fifties, Winning the ‘ Award . During the Sri Lanka Odis Last Year, He could score just 58 runs in three innings, with best score of 24.

India Captain Rohit Sharma would have bowled first on winning the toss. “We would have bowled first, but regardless of the toss, it’s About Executing Our Plans. ‘s time to Reflect and refocus.

England (Playing XI): Ben Duckett, Philip salt (w), joe root, harry brook, jos buttler (c), liam livingstone, jacob beth, brydon care, jofra archer, adil rashid, saqib maahmood

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Kl Rahul (W), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yada, Mohmmed Shama.