New Delhi. India’s star batsman Virat Kohli has not got a place in the United India-England Test XI of Michael Etharton and Nasir Hussain. Great batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been selected to bat at number 4 in this team. India and England will play a five -Test series in Headingley from June 20. Kohli was not included in this joint team selected before the tour of England, in which six Indian cricketers have got a place.
Rohit Sharma, Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin are no longer part of the Test setup, as they have announced their retirement. Ravindra Jadeja, lead fast bowlers Jaspreet Bumrah, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, are among the senior players of the Indian team who are still part of the Test. In the absence of Rohit and Kohli, the Gill will lead the team against England, which is a mixture of youth and experience. Two veterans of world cricket will clash in five matches in the next six weeks, start their campaign in their new WTC bicycle.
Kohli has played 28 Tests against England in his career, in which he has scored 1991 runs at an average of 42.36. Some of his most memorable innings, such as a century in Edgbaston in the 2018 series opener and a double century in Wankhede, have come against England. Kohli has been performing some of the best in the Test against England, but he has some bad times. His average in England is only 33.21, which is the lowest in those countries where he has played at least five Tests. Kohli’s memorable tour of 2018 is in the midst of less than two average tours.
Michael Etharton and Nasir Hussain’s Joint Playing XI- Virender Sehwag, Alastair Cook, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Kevin Peterson, Ben Stokes, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Jaspreet Bumrah