How is Kohli’s injury now, will you play in the second ODI or not? Fresh update on injury

Last Updated:February 07, 2025, 14:02 IST

Virat Kohli Injury Update: Due to Virat’s injury, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Harshit Rana got a chance to make an ODI debut, then no one thought that both of them would get the ODI cap of the Indian team at the cost of Kohli’s injury.

Virat Kohli injury update

New Delhi: For 1,130 days, Virat Kohli was fighting all the injury, in front of which big athletes also lose. King Kohli was suffering from knee pain when the Indian team was preparing for the first ODI against England in Nagpur’s Jamtha on the night of 5 Favre. A few hours before the match, he was seen walking with a bandage on his right knee. He was taking one step each with a lot of comfort. Physio Kamlesh Jain was keeping an eye on him, but no one knew that he would be out of the first match against England due to injury.

How is Virat’s injury now?
Virat Kohli’s first ODI was a more precautionary decision. He may not have suffered a serious injury, but a few days before the Champions Trophy, the Indian team did not want to take any kind of risk. According to the team’s support staff sources, the decision to rest Kohli was taken late on Wednesday night. An internal source of the team told the media, ‘His right knee was fine during practice, but when we came back to the hotel, it got swollen. There is a possibility that he will play Cuttack ODI.

When did they get out due to injury?
It is still suspected that 36 -year -old Virat Kohli will leave Bangalore for quick investigation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) or will go to Cuttack with the team for the next game. Kohli was last out of a match in 2022 due to injury, when he had to stay out of the Test against South Africa due to upper back cramps. Earlier in 2021, he was dropped from the practice match against Sect County XI due to stiffness in the back. In 2017, he was sitting on the boundary on the boundary to stop a ball against Australia in Ranchi.

India has 1-0 lead
The three -match ODI series against England is considered to be the full dress rehearsal of the Champions Trophy. In the first match in Nagpur, India had easily chased the target of 249 runs. In response to England’s 248 runs, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Akshar Patel had a strong fifty for India. Now the second and decisive match of the series will be played in Cuttack on Sunday.