Virat Kohli’s back spasm adds to intriguing drama

Virat Kohli

The upper back spasm that ruled Virat Kohli out of the second Test against South Africa could well be a recurrence of the slip disc problem that had stopped him from playing English County cricket back in 2018.

The Indian skipper missed out on what would have been his 99th Test match for the country on the morning of the second game against South Africa here, adding to the intriguing drama that is unfolding around him on an almost daily basis now. This was after the skipper had a good net session at the Wanderers on Sunday.

Interestingly, his IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore had tweeted a picture of KL Rahul with a tweet "The focus shifts to the Wanderers as #TeamIndia have a chance to seal the series."

Nothing wrong with the tweet save the fact that it was posted 12 noon IST, at least one hour before Kohli's injury status was revealed at the toss by Rahul, who is not a part of the RCB set-up.

Bumrah deputy, Iyer out through stomach bug

Johannesburg: Jasprit Bumrah was on Monday appointed vice-captain for the second Test against South Africa after KL Rahul was elevated as skipper in the absence of injured Virat Kohli. Shreyas Iyer was also ruled out due to a stomach bug.

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No. of Test matches Virat Kohli has missed due to injury - 2017 v Aus at Dharamsala and now v SA

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