Former Indian captain Virt Kohli began to practice for his return to a one -day international cricket. The star dough shared a photo of his training in London on Friday, August 8. Kohli was looking for assistant coach Gujarat Titans Naeem amin in what seemed to be an internal network session.
“Thanks for helping with the hit, brother. I always see you,” Kohli wrote about his story Instagram and shared a photo from the session.
Kohli looked fit and ready, dressed in a gray T -shirt and blue trousers. It seemed to be one of the first few indoor training sessions that he planned to return to his return to a competitive cricket.
The post came just a few hours after the photo Kohli’s gray beard became viral on social media. He was seen with a fans and a large part of the attention was attracted to his appearance of salt and pepper, with gray springs more pronounced. It seems that Kohli also retained gray beard during his training.
Kohli is expected to be part of the Indian ODI series in Australia from 19 to 25 October. His Odi Comeback was delayed after a postponed series against Bangladesh, scheduled in August.
The star Royal Challengers Bengalur was last played by a competing cricket in June, during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 against the Pandjab Kings in Ahmedabad. Kohli hit the winning match 43 in this collision, which helped RCB finally raise their first IPL Trophy.
Kohli reportedly flew to London only a few days after chaotic scenes during the winning parade of the RCB in Bengalur, which was spoiled by Stampede. While he was in London, he was seen at a charity event organized by Yuvraj Singh and also attended the release of Wimbledon 2025 next to his wife and Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma.
Kohli did not happen to India since Australia at the beginning of this year. After a modest show in Trophy Border-Gavascar, he amazed the fans by announcing his retirement from the test cricket in the middle of the IPL 2025 season. According to coach Trophy Delhi Ranji Sarandeep Singh, Kohli discussed the possibility of playing in England in June in August.
Kohli sincerely spoke of his decision If you want to leave the tests, playfully compare it with growing gray in the beard.
Previously, he resigned from the T20 International after the Indian Triumphal T20 Cup campaign in June 2024. However, the star dough is expected to continue the representation of India in ODI until the World Championship in 2027.
Kohli will eagerly make the most of every opportunity to accumulate at the Marquee tournament, which will host South Africa and Zimbabwe in 2027. So far, in 2025 Kohli gathered 275 runs on average 45.83.
Kohli recorded 14 181 Runs in ODIS, including a record 51 centuries. In the previous World Cup issue, he made subtitles by scoring 765 runs and interrupting the long -term record held by Sachin Tendulkar.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
August 8, 2025
