Virat Kohli air dashes to Mumbai giving ‘Personal Emergency’ reasons ahead of Netherlands warm-up match
Virat Kohli air dashes to Mumbai giving ‘Personal Emergency’ reasons ahead of Netherlands warm-up match
Ahead of warm’-up match with Netherlands, Virat Kohli
air- dashed to Mumbai. Rumours are afloat, that Virat Kohli and Anushka are expecting their second member in the family in mere three years after daughter Vamika was born. Is it going to be ‘pink’ (girl) or ‘blue'(boy). Lets wait to know
Even as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has officially not confirmed whether Virat Kohli will miss the IND vs NED warm-up match, reports suggest that he will join his team mates in time for the Netherlands clash on October 2.
Meanwhile, a BCCI source from confirms that he returned to Mumbai for personal reasons, but, will rejoin the team soon. The rest of the squad arrived in the Kerala following a four-hour flight on Sunday evening.
Upon arrival in Thiruvathapuram (Trivavandrum),the Indian team encountered adverse weather conditions that had been persisting from the eastern to the southern regions. Their initial warm-up match against England, the defending champions, had to be canceled sans a single ball being bowled leading to concerns that the upcoming game might face a similar fate as was in Sri Lanka.
As per Accuweather, the weather forecast for October 3 in Thiruvananthapuram predicts a 97% chance of daytime rain and a 46% chance of rain.
However, there is a substantial 91% likelihood of night-time rain, with temperatures expected to be in the range of 25-30 degrees Celsius.
Following the warm-up match against the Netherlands, Team India will start their participation in the ODI World Cup with their first game against Australia on October 8.
It’s important to note that in a
three-match ODI series, India had recently vanquished over Australia with a 2-1 win
in a three-match ODI series on their home ground.
Hope Weather God will be kind to Team India. Fingers crossed.
News Edit K.V.Raman