{"id":177408,"date":"2026-06-06T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177408"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:30:57","slug":"ind-vs-afg-odi-series-virat-kohli-ruled-out-due-to-injury-jaiswal-named-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177408","title":{"rendered":"IND vs AFG ODI series: Virat Kohli ruled out due to injury, Jaiswal named replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71069222\">India has called up Yashasvi Jaiswal to its squad \u200bfor the three-match ODI series \u200cagainst Afghanistan as a replacement \u200bfor Virat Kohli, who \u2060has been ruled out due to injury, the BCCI said on \u200cSaturday.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran Kohli, who has quit Test cricket and T20 \u200cInternationals, had been included in \u200cIndia\u2019s \u2060squad last month.<\/p>\n<p>However, he \u2060appeared to pick up a hamstring injury while playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in \u200bits five-wicket win \u200cover Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL) final last week, which saw it secure a \u200csecond consecutive title.<\/p>\n<p>India hosts Afghanistan \u200bin three ODIs scheduled for June 14, 17 and \u206020, before travelling to England for a three-match series in July, which \u200cKohli could feature in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Virat at this point, it\u2019s just been less than a week since he injured himself in the (IPL) finals. We don\u2019t know the \u200ctimelines yet,\u201d selection panel chairman Ajit Agarkar \u200btold reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it looks like he might be fit \u2060for that England one-day series. It\u2019s not \u2060a definitive answer, so don\u2019t hold me to it. \u200cI haven\u2019t had a clear timeline from the physio yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 06, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/virat-kohli-injury-updates-ind-vs-afg-odi-series-2026-yashasvi-jaiswal-named-replacement-india-squad\/article71069222.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has called up Yashasvi Jaiswal to its squad \u200bfor the three-match ODI series \u200cagainst Afghanistan as a replacement \u200bfor Virat Kohli, who \u2060has been ruled out due to injury, the BCCI said on \u200cSaturday. Veteran Kohli, who has quit Test cricket and T20 \u200cInternationals, had been included in \u200cIndia\u2019s \u2060squad last month. However, he &#8230; <a title=\"IND vs AFG ODI series: Virat Kohli ruled out due to injury, Jaiswal named replacement\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177408\" aria-label=\"Read more about IND vs AFG ODI series: Virat Kohli ruled out due to injury, Jaiswal named replacement\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780738258_image2013.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176599,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176599","url_meta":{"origin":177408,"position":0},"title":"IND vs AFG \u2014 Virat Kohli ruled out of India v Afghanistan ODI series with injury","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Virat Kohli, on Thursday, ruled out of the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan due to a hamstring injury. 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