Star batter Virat Kohli was on Sunday named in India’s squad for the three-match ODI series against England next month, subject to fitness clearance, as the BCCI announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming white-ball assignment.
Kohli, who is in Delhi for a promotional event, will report to the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru on Monday for a fitness test.
He had suffered a hamstring injury during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s title-defending run in Indian Premier League. The injury had ruled him out of the recent three-match ODI series against Afghanistan. CoE sports science staff had visited Kohli in England some time back to check on his recovery.
The Shubman Gill led ODI team didn’t have any surprises except that young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal has been dropped after being a part of short Afghanistan series.
Jaiswal, who a century in the third ODI in the series, wasn’t picked as he was replacement for Kohli in the Afghanistan series.