India to rest two senior cricketers for SL T20 series

February 19, 2022 at 11:18 AM

Indian Cricketers Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant will be unavailable for the third and final T20I match against West Indies in Kolkata and the T20 series against Sri Lanka as the BCCI has decided to give the former India captain and current wicketkeeper a break from the Indian team’s bio bubble.

The BCCI has given both batters a 10-day break from the Indian team’s bio-bubble. The report further states that Pant and Kohli will not be playing in the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka beginning on February 24 in Lucknow.

Kohli wants to prepare well for the 100th Test match of his career slated to be played in Mohali in the first week of March.

Kohli has been with the Indian team since December when the side toured South Africa for three Tests and as many ODIs. The 33-year-old had led the team in the Test series before stepping down as captain in the longest format a day after the final Test in Cape Town.

Pant and Kohli played in all the three ODIs against West Indies and scored important half-centuries in India’s 8-run win over West Indies in the second T20I of the series on Friday. (India Today)