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In a series of big and exciting updates, it has been reported that Virat Kohli has completed his medical fitness assessment which was conducted by the Centre of Excellence team in Bengaluru on Monday, June 22. Earlier it was claimed that the star Indian batter has been recovering well from his hamstring injury, upon which he was picked in the 15-member squad for the ODI series against England on the basis of fitness.
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Virat Kohli passes fitness test ahead of ENG ODIs
Sports Tak has learnt that Virat Kohli has completed his task and is likely to be given green signal by tomorrow to be available for England ODIs. Considering Virat Kohli's recent form, it is a big boost for the Indian team as the three-game ODI series against England will play a key role in the Men in Blue's preparation for the ICC ODI World Cup which will take place in 2027.
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ICC's marquee event will be jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. For those unaware, Virat endured a hamstring injury while playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the final of Indian Premier League (IPL) against Shubman Gill's Gujarat Titans (GT).
Because of the injury, the former India skipper had to miss the recently concluded home ODI series against Afghanistan, where India dominatingly won the series by 3-0.
No Hardik Pandya in ENG series
The Shubman Gill-led side will miss the services of star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, as he endured a relapse in his quadricep issue, which forced him to stay out of the Afghanistan series as well. In Hardik's absence, Nitish Kumar Reddy was used as a natural backup in the home series against Afghanistan. With this, it is pretty evident that Nitish will fill in for Hardik in the England series as well.
India's squad for England ODIs:
Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (subject to fitness), Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain), KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar.
More to follow...
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