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Virat Kohli will play Test matches at his home ground from February 17
India vs Australia 2nd Test match to be played in Delhi from Friday
The Indian cricket team has taken a 1-0 lead in the 4-match Test series.
New Delhi. The caravan of the Indian cricket team has now reached Delhi. Team India will face Australia (IND vs AUS) in the second Test match of the 4-match series from Friday (February 17). The second Test match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, which is the home ground of Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli reached his home ground for practice riding alone in the car. He has written an emotional post by sharing a selfie on social media.
The Indian team has not lost any Test match at the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground for the last 36 years. Team India reached Delhi from Nagpur on Tuesday. Virat Kohli uploaded a selfie on his official Instagram page on Wednesday. Big black glasses are visible on Kohli’s eyes in the selfie. He is seen driving alone in the car. He wrote the caption, ‘A long drive after years towards Delhi Stadium. Very emotional moment.
Virat Kohli
Virat practiced catching in the slips
Virat Kohli reached the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday and started practicing. He was seen practicing fielding in the slips alone. The good news for the Indian team is that batsman Shreyas Iyer has joined Team India after getting fit. In such a situation, Suryakumar Yadav may have to sit out of the playing XI in the Delhi Test match. Surya got a chance to make his Test debut in Nagpur, in which he could not do anything special.
Virat Kohli would like to play big innings on home ground
Team India defeated the Kangaroos by an innings and 132 runs in three days in the first Test match of the series played in Nagpur. The Indian team would like to make an unassailable lead in the series by winning the Delhi Test match. In the first Test match, Virat’s bat could not do anything special. In such a situation, he would like to play a big innings on his home ground.
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Tags: IND vs AUS, India vs Australia, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED : February 15, 2023, 15:39 IST