Virat Kohli returns home after India's World Cup campaign
World Cup 2019: Virat Kohli was spotted in Mumbai airport along with his wife Anushka Sharma on Thursday. India's World campaign had ended with a defeat against New Zealand in the semi-final.
In Short
- Virat Kohli is set to join the Indian team for West Indies tour
- Virat Kohli had scored 443 runs for India in the 2019 Cricket World Cup
- India had lost the semi-final to New Zealand in Manchester
India captain Virat Kohli returned to India from England on Thursday after India’s defeat to New Zealand in the semi-final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
Virat was spotted at the Mumbai airport on Thursday along with Bollywood actor and wife Anushka Sharma. Earlier, Virat’s deputy Rohit Sharma had returned to India from England on the following day of India’s exit from World Cup 2019.
Virat Kohli is set to join the Indian team for West Indies tour which includes 3 T20 Internationals, 3 one-day internationals and 2 Test matches from August 3 to September 3.
Last month, it was reported Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah would be rested for the T20I and ODI series. But Kohli has reported informed the selectors that he will travel to West Indies for the shorter formats matches as well as the Test matches.
India were one of the pre-tournament favourites and stormed to the last-4 as table toppers. However, they lost the semi-final to New Zealand in Manchester.
After the Word Cup heartbreak, India will shift focus to the tour of the West Indies which starts with 2 T20Is in Florida on August 3 and 4.
Virat Kohli had scored 443 runs for India in the 2019 Cricket World Cup and also amassed the record to become the first captain to score five successive half-centuries in a single edition of the quadrennial tournament.
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