Barabati stadium: Cricket News & Match Updates

Virat Kohli: India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak has said that talismanic batter Virat Kohli is fit and available for selection for Sunday’s second ODI against England at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. Kohli had missed the first ODI which India won by four wickets in Nagpur due to a slight soreness in his right knee. “Virat Kohli is fit and available for selection. He will be practising with us today. He is good to go,” said Kotak in his pre-match press conference on Saturday.

With Kohli available for selection in the second ODI, it throws up a dilemma for the Indian team management on who will go out of the playing eleven to accommodate the veteran right-handed batter. In Nagpur, Shreyas Iyer came in for Kohli at the last minute and made an impactful 36-ball 59.

With Iyer getting a fifty and playing one of the pivotal roles in India’s opening ODI series win, he can’t be surely dropped. If India decides to bench Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made his ODI debut in Nagpur, then Shubman Gill could be back to opening the batting alongside captain Rohit Sharma, thus leaving the No.3 spot for Kohli.   Read More...