How many matches has Virat Kohli missed due to injury?

How many matches has Virat Kohli missed due to injury? Star performer for Team India, Virat Kohli will not be opening the batting of the first one-day international, against England as he was shockingly left out of the initial playing XI when he had an issue with the knee and made some practice for a few moments at Nagpur’s Viradha Cricket Association Stadium.

Virat was not playing due to injury, Rohit Sharma said while announcing the playing eleven during the toss. The BCCI later said that Virat’s right knee was an issue.
Because of this, Virat did not play in the first ODI against England. He is likely to be seen in the second ODI to be played in Cuttack on February 9.

Still, injury is a very rare case to make Virat miss any international match. Virat is one of the top cricket players in the world. When he was appointed as the captain of the Indian squad in 2015, he kept a great deal of focus on staying healthy. Fitness is always given importance in the team as well. Virat tries to be fit all the time, and sometimes he has such examples when he misses matches due to injuries.

How many Test matches has Virat missed out playing due to injury?

4th Test vs Australia – 25th to 29th March 2017 – Dharamsala: Virat got injured while saving a boundary ball during the third and final Test of the series. Virat was the captain then. Virat tried all he could for himself to fit for the 4th Test but could not make it happen. Virat missed four matches of Test cricket at Dharamsala. Therefore, for the fourth Test, India declared Ajinkya Rahane their first Test cricket captain. He did not play the match since Virat was suffering from an ailment. However, India won the series by defeating Australia in the fourth Test by an eight-wicket margin.
South Africa’s second T20I: February 24, 2018- Cape Town The T20I series against South Africa is levelled at 1-1. Third match was or-do-or-die. However, Virat suddenly felt a little pain in his back. That is the reason why he was ruled out of the third T20I. In the absence of him, Team India’s vice-captain Rohit Sharma took the baton. Yet, Virat was absent but India won the match by 7 runs and thus took the T20I series.
South Africa-2nd Test – 3-7 Jan 2022- Johannesburg Virat took India to a comfortable 113 run win in the first test match against South Africa. But injury was there as a benchwarmer for Virat in the second test match. The vice captain of Indian cricket team KL Rahul took over as the captain for the second Test match. And South Africa completed an incredible comeback by winning the series by a commanding 7 wickets.
First ODI against England -2022 July 12- London:Virat couldnt play any international match in the last part of 2022 due to injury problems,before todays match. That too was against England like today. Virat didn’t play the first ODI against England. But Jasprit Bumrah bowled brilliantly so that Virat’s absence was felt at all. Bumrah bowled England for 110 runs with the best performance of his ODI career as he took 6 wickets for only 19 runs in 7.2 overs. India won by ten wickets.
First ODI against England – 6th February 2025 – Nagpur- Indian captain Rohit Sharma declared today in the toss that Virat will not participate in the first ODI against England, on February 6, 2025, in Nagpur as he is suffering from a knee problem. After this, everyone in the audience who are present in Nagpur is fully stunned. Shreyas Iyer will open at No.3 as Virat is out of the match.