Virat Kohli Yet To Recover From Groin Injury, Likely To Miss Second ODI Against England: Report

India batter Virat Kohli, who needed to miss out on the primary ODI towards England on Tuesday resulting from a groin damage, is prone to sit out from the second ODI as effectively. Based on ANI sources within the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), Virat is but to get well from the groin damage and is unlikely for the second ODI on Thursday towards England. In the course of the first ODI on Tuesday, Virat was changed by batter Shreyas Iyer on the Kennington Oval.

“Virat Kohli and Arshdeep Singh weren’t thought-about for choice for the primary ODI towards England. Virat has a light groin pressure whereas Arshdeep has proper stomach pressure. The BCCI Medical Staff is monitoring them,” BCCI wrote on Twitter forward of the primary ODI.

Coming to the match, a blistering partnership between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan and a six-wicket haul by Jasprit Bumrah guided Staff India to a 10-wicket win over England within the first ODI of the three-match sequence right here on the Kennington Oval.

Rohit smashed 76 runs off 58 balls whereas Shikhar scored 31 runs off 54 balls to assist the Males in Blue chase down the goal of 111 runs in simply 18.4 overs. Aside from Bumrah, Mohammed Shami took three wickets whereas Prasidh Krishna settled for one.

Chasing 111, Staff India began off on a good notice with the opening pair of Rohit and Dhawan steadily taking the innings ahead. The duo scored 21 runs in six overs, earlier than bringing the momentum within the sport and smashing 35 runs within the subsequent 4 overs.

The Males in Blue crossed the 50-run mark in 10 overs with each the batters standing unbeaten on the crease. Persevering with the proceedings at a gradual charge, Rohit introduced up his half-century in 49 balls and helped Staff India attain the 100-run mark in 18 overs.

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With solely 11 runs left to win, the duo smashed 13 runs within the subsequent 4 balls and introduced Staff India to a 10-wicket victory in simply mere 18.4 overs and gained a 1-0 lead within the three-match ODI sequence towards England.

Each the groups will sq. for the second ODI on Thursday at Lord’s, London.