T20 World Cup 2024: Virat Kohli was Rested For the Warm Up Match Against Bangladesh

Virat Kohli was Rested For the Warm-Up Match Against Bangladesh: Recently, After the completion of the Indian Premier League game, the Indian team was flown to the USA but some of them have been in India. Virat Kohli due to a delay in the paperwork reached the USA on Friday.

And Rohit Sharma announced that Kohli will not take part in the warm-up match with Bangladesh.

Rohit refrained from announcing how many out of the 15-member squad will play in the warm-up match but confirmed that Kohli will not play a part in their final tune-up game.

Virat Kohli was not going to play the warm-up game against Bangladesh which is going to be held on June 1, Saturday. Anyhow, when Virat Kohli was sweating it out on the ground before the start of the match.

New York fans have welcomed him with warm hearts, and coming to the match Rohit Sharma opted to bat after winning the toss.

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The pitch report from the venue suggested that the surface could favor the batters with an even bounce. Due to the delay, he spent some more time with his family.

On the other hand, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto confirmed that Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman will not play the game as the two fast bowlers were rested for the contest.

TEAM NEWS: INDIA VS BANGLADESH WARM-UP MATCH

India: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Bangladesh: Litton Das (WK), Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Soumya Sarkar, Mahedi Hasan, Tanvir Islam, Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.