The Kohli family along with their two children -- Vamika and Akaay -- visited the Ashram in Uttar Pradesh and took the blessings of the sant. They stayed in the ashram for 30 minutes.
Sam Konstas’ on-field confrontations with India’s talismanic duo of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah in his debut series certainly helped him become an overnight sensation with his social media numbers storming by 30,000 per cent. The 19-year-old, who made his debut in the penultimate Test of the five-match rubber in Melbourne, opened up on his on-field spat with Kohli and Bumrah, while effusing praises on the Indian cricket stalwarts.
India’s 3-1 series loss to Australia has raised questions over thefutures of two of the team’s struggling statesmen — Rohit Sharma andVirat Kohli — but head coach Gautam Gambhir insisted that the duo’sfuture plans are entirely their call and the decision to retire or notlies with the players themselves.
Virat Kohli’s on-field theatrics have taken centerstage in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with the Indian superstar making headlines for his fiery confrontations, a costly run-out mix-up, and his resilience with the bat.
India’s assistant coach Abhishek Nayar, however, thinks that the duo’s return to their best is a matter of regaining confidence and composure in the initial phase of their innings.
Recently, legendary cricketers such as Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar have been critical of Kohli's performance, with the former saying he should be dropped from the side and the latter indicating that some senior players are getting preferential treatment by being allowed to pick and choose which series they want to play.
Kohli, who was out of the 1st ODI against England with a groin injury, has not been included for the West Indies's T20Is as well. However, BCCI in its official statement hasn't mentioned whether he has been rested or not picked due to injury.
With confidence high after a comprehensive show at The Oval, India will be targeting to seal the series quickly in the second ODI at Lord's on Thursday, just like what they did in the preceding T20I series, which they eventually won 2-1.
Jos Buttler's maximum of 30 was the individual highest from the England side. Buttler was recently appointed as England's new white-ball captain, after England's long-serving captain and 2019 world-cup winning leader.
India star batter Virat Kohli will be missing out on the first ODI after he sustained a mild groin strain. He has been replaced by batter Shreyas Iyer in the Playing XI. Speaking at the toss, Rohit said, "We are going to bowl first.
