Virat Kohli reaches India amid Test crisis against South Africa
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Team India Star cricketer Virat Kohli arrived in Mumbai on the 25th of November ahead of the three-match home ODI series against South Africa. The former captain greeted the paparazzi and also clicked pictures with his fans.
India have reached the final day of the Test series, which ends on the 26th of November. The ODI series starts on Sunday, the 30th of November. Three matches will be played in the ODI series, and it will be followed by a T20I series.
Virat Kohli returns to India and remains one of the legendary names in the team, and the team would depend more on the veteran cricketers in the captain Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer's absence from the South Africa series.
Virat Kohli greets the paparazzi at the Airport
Star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli arrived in Mumbai on the 25th of November on Tuesday, ahead of the upcoming three-match home ODI series against South Africa. The former captain greeted the paparazzi at the airport.
Kohli was seen dressed in a checkered flannel shirt and black trousers, while he also donned a grey cap and black sunglasses. Several fans approached him for selfies, and the cricketer too stepped out of his car to honour them.
The veteran Indian cricketer immediately got out of his black Range Rover SUV and posed for his fans. The video of the entire viral incident was posted on the Instagram channel of renowned photojournalist Viral Bhayani.
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Virat Kohli will play in India for the first time since the IPL
Indian legend Virat Kohli was last seen in action the previous month, when India toured Australia for a three-match ODI series against the nation. He registered back-to-back ducks in the first two games of the series and then bounced back with an unbeaten century that guided them to a victory.
He, alongside former captain Rohit Sharma, is among the two players who have been trying to keep their spot in the Indian ODI team with their aim to represent India in the 2027 ICC ODI World Cup to be hosted by South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.
The South Africa ODIs will be the first time since the IPL 2025 that Kohli returns to India for competitive cricket. This will be his return to international cricket in India after almost 10 months, as the last time he played was back in January against England.
Virat Kohli's U-19 teammate urges for his return to Test cricket
Kohli announced his retirement from T20Is, but what affected all was his sudden announcement of Test retirement at the start of his WTC cycle. Kohli's U19 teammate Shreevats Goswami believes that he has retired from the wrong format.
"Ideally, Virat should have left playing ODIs & continued playing test cricket until he had nothing to give. Test cricket misses him. Not just as a player but just the energy he brought, the love & passion for playing for India, where he made the team believe that they can win in any condition," Goswami wrote on X.
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