India's tour of South Africa: Virat Kohli has been out of action since the ODI World Cup 2023 in India but will soon be taking the cricketing field on the South Africa tour.
Kohli departed for South Africa more than a week before the two-match Test series against the hosts which is scheduled to start on December 26.
The star batter was rested for the white-ball leg against the Proteas alongside other senior players like skipper Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah.
Kohli was spotted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai as he aims to make it count in the longest format after a remarkable performance in the World Cup.
Virat Kohli has left for South Africa.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 15, 2023
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Kohli was on a break in London with his family after India's heartbreaking loss against Australia in the final of the marquee tournament.
The former Indian captain will return to action in the Test series with Rohit and Bumrah also named in the squad for the two-match series.
Kohli has an impressive Test record against South Africa. In the 14 matches played, he has scored 1236 runs at a great average of 56.18.
His highest Test score of 254 also came against the Proteas and also has three centuries and four fifties to his name.
The star India batter has played 7 Test matches in South Africa and has scored 719 runs at an impressive average of 51.35. His highest score is 153 runs, with two centuries and three fifties.
India's tour of South Africa consists of three T20Is, as many ODI matches followed by the Test series.
Both teams shared the T20I trophy with a win each after the first match was abandoned due to persistent rain in Durban.
India named three different captains for the tour across formats. Suryakumar Yadav led the side in the T20I series and now KL Rahul will be captaining the team in ODIs followed by Rohit's return as captain to lead the Test side.
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India's Test squad for South Africa
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-capt), Prasidh Krishna.