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India recall Virat Kohli for England ODI tour, subject to fitness clearance

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Virat Kohli will return to the Indian ⁠team for the one-day international series in England starting from July, subject ‌to a fitness clearance, the country's cricket board (BCCI) ‌said on Sunday.

[p]The veteran batter ‌was ruled out of this month's ODI ‌series against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/afghanistan/fPvTErSo/"]Afghanistan[/a] because of an ‌injury picked up while playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a victory over ‌Gujarat Titans in the Indian ⁠Premier League (IPL) ‌final in May, where Bengaluru secured a second ​consecutive IPL title.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a] will play three ODIs in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] on ​July 14, 16 and 19 at Edgbaston, Sophia Gardens and Lord's respectively.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jaiswal-yashasvi/4WTrPc5D/"]Yashasvi Jaiswal[/a], ⁠who replaced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kohli-virat/U7w3X0qp/"]​Kohli[/a] against Afghanistan, was not included in the squad for the England tour despite scoring a century in the ‌third ODI against the Afghans on Saturday.[/b][/p][embed guid="3c3f53a3-5c7f-4ec3-b70b-1d1db94bc736" url="https://x.com/BCCI/status/2068606341132996613" social-type="twitter" /][p]Bowler [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rana-harshit/ro5w2BMB/"]Harshit Rana[/a] also returns after a lengthy layoff caused by a knee injury, which ruled him out of the Twenty20 World Cup and the IPL.[/p][p]Rana was a part of the squad in the third ODI ‌against Afghanistan, but did not make ​the final playing XI.[/p][h2]Squad[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gill-shubman/KOAQiuhe/"]Shubman Gill[/a] (captain), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sharma-rohit/zBLBQRyA/"]Rohit ‌Sharma[/a], Virat Kohli, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/iyer-shreyas/INzfXBtM/"]Shreyas Iyer[/a], KL Rahul, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kishan-ishan/vsVSOdKD/"]Ishan Kishan[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sundar-washington/r9K7iDfq/"]Washington Sundar[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/patel-akshar/nkmFJGY8/"]Axar Patel[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kumar-reddy-nitish/t0X4fwjH/"]Nitish Kumar Reddy[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yadav-kuldeep/QuQQCaL1/"]Kuldeep Yadav[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bumrah-jasprit/lx2sGNBc/"]Jasprit Bumrah[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krishna-prasidh/hndRkHjr/"]Prasidh Krishna[/a], Harshit ⁠Rana, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/singh-arshdeep/f9Pl38e1/"]Arshdeep Singh[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brar-gurnoor/SCL92neh/"]⁠Gurnoor Brar[/a].[/p]

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