T20 World Cup 2024: Reason why Virat Kohli might miss India’s final Warm up match

As it happened on Saturday evening, the first batch of Indian players started their journey to United Statessetting the stage for what is to come T20 World Cup 2024, which is expected to start next month. Accompanying him from Mumbai was Captain Rohit Sharmaa great coach Rahul Dravidhitting coach Vikram Rathoreand a few select players.

Surprisingly, the former Indian captain Virat Kohli it left everyone surprised by not being part of the first group to go.

Virat Kohli’s absence from the warm-up game

Players from Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Squads, whose teams did not make it to the playoffs this season, were expected to leave New York On May 25, he formed a group of 10 people. However, the latest updates revealed that the players of the teams who left at the start of the IPL 2024 knockout stage will also be included in the travel plans. This increase meant famous figures like Kohli and Mohammed Siraj from Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) they were expected to join the first cohort.

Despite Siraj’s presence among Rohit and other Indian players heading to New York, Kohli was absent from the team. Among the players included in the travel team are Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubeonce Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Pateland others.

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The reason for Kohli’s absence

As reported by the Indian Express, a representative of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shed light on Kohli’s absence from the first departure. Kohli has informed the BCCI of his previous commitments in New York, with plans to go there on the morning of May 30. With India set to play a warm-up match on June 1, it seems likely that Kohli will miss the match due to late travel.

“Kohli told us in advance that he will join the team late and that is why the BCCI has kept his visa to continue. He is expected to fly to New York in the morning of May 30. BCCI has accepted his request,” said a BCCI official to the Indian Express.

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