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    Virat Kohli's paternity leave request granted, will return to India for Anushka's delivery after 1st Test

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    India will leave for Australia late this month.

    ​On August 27, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma said that their first child will arrive in January.
    On August 27, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma said that their first child will arrive in January.
    NEW DELHI: Team India skipper Virat Kohli is all set to get busy with daddy duty.

    In a statement on Monday, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah said that the 32-year-old cricketer was granted a paternity leave after the first Test against Australia next month.

    "...Mr Virat Kohli had informed the BCCI about his plans to return to India after the first Test in Adelaide. The BCCI has granted paternity leave to the Indian captain. He will return after the first Test against Australia in Adelaide," stated the press release.

    India will leave for Australia late this month. The tour of Australia comprises three ODIs, as many T20 Internationals and four Tests. The series begins November 27. The Tests start on December 17 in Adelaide.

    On August 27, Kohli and his actress-wife Anushka Sharma took to social media to announce that they are expecting their first child. The post suggested that the due date was set for January 2021.
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    Shah also gave an update on Rohit Sharma's fitness and said that the limited-overs' deputy Rohit Sharma was added to the red-ball squad after being initially left out due to a hamstring injury. He will miss the ODI and T20 series.

    "The BCCI Medical Team has been monitoring Rohit Sharma's fitness and has briefed All-India Senior Selection Committee on the same. In consultation with Mr Sharma, it has been decided to rest him for the ODIs and T20Is in Australia to regain full fitness and he has been included in India's Test squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy."

    Both the developments were first reported by PTI on Saturday.

    The BCCI also informed that Ishant Sharma will be added to the Test squad subject to fitness while mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who had allegedly hid his shoulder injury, has been ruled out of the T20 Internationals.

    Sanju Samson, who was earlier only included in the T20 squad, has been added to the ODI line-up as an additional keeper.



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