Virat Kohli withdraws from South Africa ODI series

New Delhi-Indian Test cricket team captain Virat Kohli is ready to skip the three-match ODI series against South Africa (IND vs SA). Kohli has sought a break from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in January to spend some time with his family. Actually, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s daughter Vamika will turn one year old on 11 January 2022. In such a situation, Virat Kohli wants to be on a break with the family on the occasion of his daughter’s first birthday
The stellar batter, who was precocious removed arsenic India’s white-ball captain, has informed the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) if Indian media reports are to beryllium believed.
India volition play 3 ODIs against South Africa aft a Test series. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has already announced helium volition not beryllium playing the Test matches.
As per a study successful the Times of India, Kohli wants to spell connected a vacation with his household to observe Vamika’s day aft the Test bid concludes. Vamika was calved connected January 11 this year.
Last year, erstwhile Vamika was born, Kohli had gone connected paternity permission aft the archetypal Test successful Australia successful Adelaide. India had mislaid that crippled earlier stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane led the broadside to a historical bid triumph against Australia.
The past Test lucifer of the India-South Africa bid volition instrumentality spot connected January 11, with the ODIs acceptable to statesman from January 19.
Kohli was rested for the T20 bid against New Zealand and besides for the archetypal of the 2 Test matches betwixt the 2 teams. He returned to play the Mumbai Test match, which India won.
Last month, the Indian skipper led the Men successful Blue successful their dismal T20 World Cup campaign, which started disconnected with a humiliating 10-wicket nonaccomplishment to Pakistan.
Kohli came nether immense disapproval from fans and critics alike erstwhile his squad mislaid to New Zealand successful the 2nd lucifer arsenic well, which yet led to the team’s exit from the World Cup.
Although determination were reports that the BCCI had removed Kohli from white-ball captaincy and appointed Rohit Sharma without adjacent informing him, BCCI President Ganguly clarified that the committee had requested Kohli not to measurement down from T20 captaincy.
“We (BCCI) had requested Virat not to measurement down arsenic T20I captain. There was nary program to alteration captaincy. But helium stepped down arsenic T20I skipper and the selectors decided not to divided limited-overs captaincy, opting for a implicit separation,” Ganguly said a fewer days ago.
“The bottommost enactment is that determination can’t beryllium 2 white-ball captains,” the erstwhile Indian skipper had said. Ganguly had said, “So it was decided that Virat will continue as the Test captain and Rohit Sharma will take over as the captain of the white ball. I personally spoke to Virat Kohli as chairman and the chairman of selectors also spoke to him. We have full faith in Rohit Sharma. We as BCCI are convinced that Indian cricket is in good hands. We thank Virat Kohli for his contribution as captain in the white-ball format.”