IND vs SA: KL Rahul finally revealed why Virat Kohli out from Test match

IND vs SA India’s Test skipper Virat Kohli is not part of the playing XI squaring up against South Africa in the second test match at Johannesburg. All the Indian cricket fan got shocked when Rahul walked with south African captain Dean Elgar for toss. Lot of talks around about Virat Kohli absence. Team India Test Captain KL Rahul finally revealed why Virat Kohli out from Test match

Virat Kohli had led the Indian team to a famous Test win in the first match at the Supersport Park in Centurion IND vs SA match, which India won by 113 runs to go 1-0 up in the series. Kohli’s extended run of no centuries and low scores continued in the first Test match as well as he scored just 35 and 18 runs in the two innings in Centurion.

At the time of the toss IND vs SA 2nd test, KL Rahul walked in as stand-in captain for India and informed Kohli will miss out on the second test match due to a back spasm. “Physios are working on him and hopefully, he’ll recover for the next Test,” KL Rahul said on Kohli’s absence and health update.

“We have had a few good wins here IND vs SA and hopefully; we’ll look to continue that. Hanuma Vihari comes in place of Virat. Just the one change. It was a good Test at Centurion overall. We really performed well as a team and are really excited about this match,” he said. “It is every Indian player’s dream to captain his country. Really honoured and looking forward to this challenge,” KL Rahul said on leading the Indian Test team.

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In the IND vs SA three-match Test series against the Proteas, Virat Kohli has a chance to equal the record to be the third-best Test team captain in terms of win. South Africa’s Graeme Smith leads the pack with 53 Test match wins under his belt followed by Rick Ponting with 48 wins. Another Australian, Steve Waugh is at third place in the standing with 41 wins. Indian skipper Kohli has 40 Test match wins so far and one more would have pushed him equal to Steve Waugh’s captaincy record.