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‘God apni marji ke maalik hote hai’ – Fans react to news of Virat Kohli not travelling with Indian team to Kerala

Fans react to news of Virat Kohli heading back to Mumbai as rest of the Indian Cricket Team lands in Kerala on Sunday.

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‘God apni marji ke maalik hote hai’ – Fans react to news of Virat Kohli not travelling with Indian team to Kerala

Virat Kohli (source-Twitter)

The Indian Cricket Team reached Kerala on Sunday but there was one man missing. The man in question is none other than Virat Kohli. India’s former skipper was scheduled to travel with the beat had had to return to Mumbai.

Virat Kohli is scheduled to join the team on Tuesday just in time for the game against the Netherlands. The Indian team is scheduled to play in Kerala after their previous game was washed out due to rain.

The game on Tuesday is important for the Indian team ahead of their game against Australia. The Indian team will play on Sunday in Chennai against Pat Cummins's side to kick off the 2023 ODI World Cup campaign.

publive-image Virat Kohli (source-Twitter)

Virat Kohli returns to Mumbai due to emergency reasons –

Indian Cricket fans were jolted when they got to know that Virat Kohli hasn’t travelled with the squad. The news soon spread like wildfire as speculations reached fever pitch. Thankfully the reasons soon came to be known as the fans heaved a sigh of relief.

As per CRICBUZZ, Virat Kohli had to fly back to Mumbai to be with his family. The reason stated by a source in the Indian Cricket Board was emergency family reasons. It is rumoured that Virat Kohli and his wife are going to be parents for the second time. The source also said that the 34-year-old will be back in time for the Netherlands game on Tuesday.

The Indian team will hope for some practice after their game on Saturday against England was washed out. Guwahati saw heavy storm and downpour just after the toss was completed. The two teams had no choice but to head back to the hotel as the game was called off.

Virat Kohli has been in good nick with the bat in ODI format this year. The former Indian skipper has already scored three centuries. His last ton was his 47th and Kohli has a good chance of scoring a few more during the 2023 ODI World Cup. The knock of 122 not out against Pakistan also saw Virat Kohli become the fastest to reach 13,000 runs in ODI cricket.

Here’s how the fans reacted –

 

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