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India’s talismanic batter Virat Kohli<\/a> had to reportedly fly back to Mumbai from Guwahati because of reported ‘personal emergency’ while the rest of the Indian squad arrived in Trivandrum for their second warm-up game against the Netherlands. Though the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) hasn’t given any confirmed if Kohli will miss the warm-up game, a report claims that the star batter will return in time for the Netherlands clash and join his teamamtes on October 02.<\/p>\n Kohli remains one of the pillars in the Indian team. Though the Netherlands warm-up game isn’t of absolute importance, the batter would want to get some runs under his belt considering the last match against England was abandoned due to rain.<\/p>\n “A source from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that he went to Mumbai for personal reasons. Virat will rejoin the team soon,” Cricbuzz<\/a> quoted a source as saying.<\/p>\n It isn’t yet known what the personal emergency is but the expectations are that Virat would be back with the team in time.<\/p>\n Kohli only featured for India in one of the three ODIs against Australia in a recently-concluded series. The batter showed form in the 3rd ODI, scoring 56 runs although the Indian team suffered defeat in the contest.<\/p>\n Kohli didn’t enjoy the best of phase in his cricketing career over the last 3 years. But, the year 2023 saw him return to his best. The batter has been scoring runs for fun once again, in time for the ODI World Cup campaign<\/p>\n “The last two and a half years have taught me a lot. Those angry celebrations are a thing of the past. I have had many suggestions, lots of advice has come my way; people were telling me I was doing this wrong, that wrong,” Kohli said, as per ICC.<\/p>\n “I picked out all the videos from the best time I had, same initial movement, same approach towards the ball and it was just what was happening inside my head, I wasn’t able to explain it to anyone,” he added.<\/p>\n In the upcoming Cricket World Cup, Kohli could go on to cement his place in history by breaking a few more all-time records.<\/p>\n