New Delhi. Virat Kohli, one of the biggest batsmen in white ball cricket, will not be a part of the ODI and T20 team to be held in South Africa. After the World Cup, all the big players of India have been given rest. All the players are celebrating holidays with their family and friends. The Indian team is currently playing a 5 T20 match series with Australia under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. After this, India has to go to South Africa where it has to play T-20, ODI and Test matches with South Africa. In such a situation, the Indian team may be selected for South Africa soon. But before that a big news is coming. According to media reports, India’s star batsman Virat Kohli has decided to take a break from white ball cricket.
After the Australia series, the Indian team has only 6 T20 matches to play before the T20 World Cup, in such a situation the remaining T20 matches become important for the preparations for the World Cup. According to reports, Virat Kohli has told BCCI that he will not be available for the ODI and T20 matches to be held in South Africa. There is also news that Rohit Sharma will also not play in the ODI and T20 series.
In such a situation, KL Rahul or Jasprit Bumrah can be given the command of the team. When India last toured South Africa, KL Rahul hosted the team.
In such a situation, it is possible that BCCI may hand over the responsibility of captaincy to Rahul considering his experience. Fans of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma do not seem happy with this news. Many veterans have already said that you will not see Virat and Rohit playing in the upcoming T20 World Cup. In such a situation, this news of taking a break from white ball cricket has scared the fans. Now we have to see how much truth is there in the news of Virat and Rohit taking a break. Currently, Virat Kohli is enjoying his holidays in London with his wife Anushka Sharma.