India Tour of South Africa: Swords drawn in Team India? Kohli will not play the ODI series, Rohit is out injured from the Test
India Tour of South Africa: India's tour of South Africa is in constant headlines. After the exclusion of vice-captain Rohit Sharma from the Test series, now Virat Kohli has also been out of the ODI series.
Sunil Shukla 
India Tour of South Africa: Team India's tour of South Africa is constantly in the headlines and the tension is increasing continuously for India. Rohit Sharma, the vice-captain of the first Test team, has been ruled out of the Test series due to injury. But now Virat Kohli has withdrawn his name from the ODI series. This has happened when the BCCI has removed Virat Kohli from the captaincy of ODIS.
According to reports, Virat Kohli has also been ruled out of the ODI series. Virat Kohli had informed the board that January 11 is his daughter Vamika's first birthday and he wants to celebrate her with his family.
Because the third Test between India and South Africa will be played from January 11 and it will be Virat Kohli's 100th Test, so after this Test, Virat can spend time with his family during the ODI series.
Ruckus over removal from captaincy
After the removal of Virat Kohli from the captaincy and Rohit Sharma being given the command, such news coming is not a good sign for the Indian cricket team. Board President Sourav Ganguly had also given the reason for taking back the captaincy from Virat.
Sourav Ganguly had said that Virat was forbidden to leave the captaincy of T20 but he did not agree. After which the selectors and the board together decided that different captains cannot be kept in limited-overs cricket, so Rohit was given the captaincy of T20 and ODI.
Rohit Sharma ruled out of the test series
Let us tell you that before Virat Kohli, the vice-captain of the Test team, Rohit Sharma has been away from the field for 3 weeks due to a strain in the hamstring. Gujarat batsman Priyank Panchal has been included in the Test team in place of Rohit Sharma.
Test series is followed by ODI series!
Team India has to play a three-match Test series in South Africa, which will start from December 26. After the Test series, the ODI series between India and South Africa will start from January 19, with the first ODI on January 19 to be played at Boland Park, Paarl. The second ODI will be played in Paarl on 21 January and the third ODI on 23 January in Cape Town. India won the 6-match ODI series played in 2018 5-1 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
