“I heard…”: Rabbi Shastri spills beans on Virat Kohli’s injury, who kicked the star out of the first ODI.

Cricket fans were shocked on Thursday afternoon Rohit Sharma Prior to the first India and England ODI announced at Toss, it was Virat Kohli I won’t play the match. Prior to the Champions Trophy, the three ODIs against England are the only matches in the form of the Rohit Sharma-led side. Kohli lost one of the matches, which affected the preparation time for the Champions Trophy. Pain in his right knee kicked Virat Kohli out of his first ODI against the UK in Nagpur on Thursday, but the extent of the problem was not immediately clear.

“Something went wrong last night,” the former Indian wicketkeeper said. Deep Dasgupta While I was explaining.

after that Rabbi Shastri Added: “I heard there is swelling in his knee.”

In the ongoing series, India has entered the final stages of preparing for the Champions Trophy, already tackling lingering questions about the Pacing Talisman Jasprit BumrahAvailability of.

The Champions Trophy is scheduled to start on February 19th, with India playing all matches in Dubai starting February 20th.

Management hopes that Kohli’s knee injury is not so serious and that he will be good to go to the remaining two matches of his showdown with the UK. The second game will be at Cuttack on February 9th and the series finale will follow on February 12th at Ahmedabad.

“Unfortunately, Kohli isn’t playing. It’s the right knee issue that happened last night,” skipper Rohit Sharma said in a toss.

The BCCI is known for leaking only the bare minimum, came up with a one-line statement and added nothing more to what Rohit revealed.

“Virat Kohli was not available for the choice of first ODI due to pain in the right knee.

It is understood that Kohli didn’t hit for a long time due to obvious discomfort during the web on Wednesday. His right knee was seen being badly tied up on Thursday before the match as he came out to do a shuttle sprint.

He didn’t look comfortable and stepped in a bit as Physio Kamlesh Jain kept his eye on his movements.

The 36-year-old has not yet been taken for a scan.

It will be interesting to see if Kohli leaves for a quick inspection at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for Bengaluru, or if he accompany the team to cuttuck for the next game.

With PTI input