Virat Kohli will be out of the first T20 match - Rahul Dravid gave this update in the press conference

IND vs AFG: The first match of the three-match T20 series between India and Afghanistan will be played on January 11 at IS Bindra PCA Stadium, Mohali. This series is going to be very important for the Indian team. This will be Team India's last T20 series before the T20 World Cup 2024. Rohit Sharma will take command of the team in T20 after a long time. At the same time, Virat Kohli has also returned to the team. But he will not play the first T20 match.

Virat Kohli out of first T20 match

Indian team head coach Rahul Dravid held a press conference before the opening match of the series against Afghanistan. Rahul Dravid gave an update during this time that Virat Kohli will not be a part of the playing 11 of the first match. He told that due to personal reasons, Virat Kohli has been ruled out of the first T20 match. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli played his last T20 match for Team India during the 2022 T20 World Cup.

Virat Kohli is the king of T20

Virat Kohli is the highest run scorer in T20I. So far he has scored 4008 runs in 115 matches. He is the only batsman who has scored more than 4000 runs in T20I. Whereas, Virat Kohli played his last T20 match against Afghanistan during the 2022 Asia Cup. Virat had scored unbeaten 122 runs in this match. This is also his best score in T20.

Indian team squad for T20 series

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh. , Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.