The most popular and prominent player in Team India had to suddenly return back to Mumbai from his Guwahati match tour due to some personal emergency. Meanwhile, the rest of the Indian team has arrived in Thiruvananthapuram for their ODI World Cup warm-up match against the Netherlands, scheduled for Tuesday.
The exact nature of Kohli’s personal emergency has not been disclosed. Speculations are circulating that Virat Kohli and his wife, actress Anushka Sharma, might be expecting their second child. Vamika, is their first child, was born in January 2021.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not officially confirmed whether Kohli will miss the warm-up match against the Netherlands. However, according to reports, he is expected to rejoin his teammates in time for the clash with the Netherlands on October 2.
Following the warm-up match on Tuesday, the team, led by Rohit Sharma, will kick off their ODI World Cup campaign with their first game against Australia on October 8.