Virat Kohli To Miss T20 WC 2024 Warm-Up Game?- Virat Kohli, star India batter, might miss the team’s only T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up game against Bangladesh on June 1 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York. He did not travel with the Indian team to the United States because he has reportedly extended his break from cricket post the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 2024, even though players like Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah have already departed for New York.
Along with Kohli, Sanju Samson, the Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain, and Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya will also leave later than scheduled. Kohli, along with Rohit and several other stars, was expected to fly out from Mumbai on May 25 (Saturday) for the upcoming T20 World Cup, set to take place in the US and the Caribbean.
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Kohli, Samson & Pandya Set To Join Indian Squad Late
As per a ‘The Indian Express’ report, Samson has informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that the reason for his delayed departure is due to personal work in Dubai and that the BCCI has approved the requests of Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson and Hardik Pandya to delay their departures. A BCCI official told The Indian Express that Kohli informed them in advance about joining the team late, resulting in his visa appointment being scheduled for a later date. Kohli is expected to fly to New York early on May 30.
“Kohli had informed us way beforehand that he will be joining the team late and that is why the BCCI has kept his visa appointment for a later date. He is expected to fly out to New York in the early morning of May 30th. The BCCI has agreed to his request,” a BCCI is quoted as saying by The Indian Express.
Rohit, Pant, Suryakumar & Others Depart For T20 World Cup 2024
India’s T20 World Cup team captain Rohit Sharma was accompanied by head coach Rahul Dravid, batting coach Vikram Rathour and several other players as they departed from Mumbai. Indian players whose IPL teams did not reach the playoffs were scheduled to leave for New York on May 25, which included ten players. But it was later reported that players whose teams were eliminated early in the IPL 2024 knockout stage would also travel, meaning that Kohli and Mohammed Siraj of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) were expected to join the first batch.
The travelling contingent included Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, and Axar Patel, among others.