BCCI urges fans not to speculate over Kohli absenceEngland spinner Shoaib Bashir stuck in UAE due to visa issue
Virat Kohli has withdrawn from the first two of India’s five Tests against England for personal reasons, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India asking media and fans “to respect his privacy and refrain from speculating about the nature of [those] reasons”.
The first Test begins in Hyderabad on Thursday and the second in Vizag next Friday, before a break ahead of the third, which starts in Rajkot on 15 February.