Kohli in doubt for opening ODI against England

Virat Kohli is a far fetched starter for the primary ODI against England at The Oval in London on Tuesday (July 11). As per Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sources in India and England, the star batsman has a crotch niggle and a choice on his cooperation in the first of the three-match series will be taken on Tuesday morning. "The injury isn't looking serious at this stage. The clinical group is inspecting. He was taken for sweeps and his risks of playing will rely upon the aftereffects of the output," sources have told Cricket. India have adequate back-up players in the 17-part crew for the three-match series. The second and third ODIs are at Lord's and Old Trafford, on July 14 and 17. In Monday the Indian group got back to London from Nottingham where the third and last T20I against the host group was played. The group the executives had proclaimed that Monday will be a discretionary preparation day and the people who were important for the Sunday's T20I didn't participate in the instructional meeting. Shikhar Dhawan, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan and Mohammed Siraj were among the people who turned up at The Oval for training on Monday evening. In the mean time, the public selectors are supposed to report the Twenty20 crew for the West Indies visit in a little while. As recently announced by this site, the vast majority of the senior players, who were refreshed for the three ODIs in the Caribbean, will be back, with the solitary special case of Kohli. The previous India skipper has been going through a drawn out lean fix in all types of the game however absence of runs won't be the justification for his avoidance. He is accepted to have looked for a break. India play three ODIs and five T20Is against the West Indies in the Caribbean and the US, between July 22 and August 7.