India tour of Zimbabwe: The BCCI did not Include Virat Kohli in the Squad for The Zimbabwe Tour, BCCI has announced the team for the ODI series played between India vs Zimbabwe.

#TeamIndia for 3 ODIs against Zimbabwe: Shikhar Dhawan (Capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Deepak Chahar.

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 30, 2022

Kohli is not included in the squad:-

At the same time, Virat Kohli was also rested for the West Indies tour. But now Kohli was not included in the squad for the Zimbabwe tour as well. The BCCI has also rested former Indian captain Kohli on this tour.

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Everyone expected Kohli would come into form and score runs against Zimbabwe, but now he will be back for the Asia Cup 2022 at the end of next month.

He was battling his poor form for a long time:-

India tour of Zimbabwe: Significantly, Kohli is currently on leave, as he was battling his poor form for a long time, due to which he was rested.

At the same time, Kohli had disappointed everyone with his performance on the recent England tour as well. During this, he did not score more than 20 runs in any format.

After resting for the series against West Indies, the Zimbabwe series could have been the perfect opportunity for the Indian talisman to have some runs under his belt.

While a break will certainly be refreshing for the former India captain, his form is adding to India’s woes ahead of the T20 World Cup and the Asia Cup 2022.

His game is best suited for the ODI format:-

India tour of Zimbabwe: Though Kohli has failed to perform in both the matches against England, his game is best suited for the ODI format and his form can reign.

Zimbabwe could only have been his best support. Zimbabwe’s bowling attack is not world-class and the innings that Kohli is looking for are on the way.

Even in-form Sourav Ganguly toured Zimbabwe and scored a century but the 33-year-old continued to spend time with his young family in Europe.

Kohli spent some time in London after the England series before making a short trip to Paris. The former India captain will travel to the United Arab Emirates to participate in the upcoming Asia Cup.

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Indian squad for Zimbabwe tour:-

1. Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 2. Ruturaj Gaikwad, 3. Shubman Gill, 4. Deepak Hooda, 5. Rahul Tripathi, 6. Ishan Kishan (wk), 7. Sanju Samson (wk), 8. Washington Sundar, 9. Shardul Thakur, 10. Kuldeep Yadav, 11. Axar Patel, 12. Avesh Khan, 13. Prasidh Krishna, 14. Mohammad Siraj, 15. Deepak Chahar.