Virat Kohli will not take part in the T20 match between Team India and Afghanistan in Mohali. India head coach Rahul Dravid said that Kohli will play in the second and third T20 matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal will open for India in the first match alongside Rohit Sharma. The T20 series between India and Afghanistan begins on January 11. Team India is already preparing for the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Team India head coach Dravid held a press conference ahead of the T20 match against Afghanistan. To Kohli, he said that he will not play the first game. Kohli will not be available for the match on January 11 due to personal reasons. However, after that, they will play in the second and third T20 matches. There was also talk about opening Team India. Dravid said that Yashasvi Jaiswal will play the opener's role along with captain Rohit Sharma in the first match.
The cricket board in India has not given a place to Shreyas Iyer for the match against Afghanistan. There were many rumors about it. Dravid has made everything clear in this regard too. Dravid said that Team India is working on a lot of batsmen. For this reason, Iyer was not given a chance at the moment. No action was taken against him. Dravid held this press conference a day before the T20 match against Afghanistan in Mohali.
It is noteworthy that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have returned to the Indian T20 team after a long time. Kohli and Rohit remained excluded from the T20 team for more than a year. But now a chance has been given. Kohli and Rohit will also be part of the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2024.