Virat Kohli: ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is around the corner. What has been enthralling is the tournament will take place in India and various media reports have suggested that it’ll take place from 5th October. A total of 47 matches are likely to take place throughout the tournament with Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mumbai, Rajkot, Bengaluru, Delhi, Indore, Mohali, Guwahati and Hyderabad being the prime venues for the games.
2 players who can be the backup for Virat Kohli in the World Cup if he gets injured
With India being the host, it’s fair to say that they will be the hot favourites to win the tournament. There’s no doubt that Virat Kohli will be key for India in the World Cup. But BCCI would also want to have a reserve player for him, considering that India will be playing a lot of cricket ahead of the tournament and he might get injured. Let’s take a look at 2 players who can be the backup for Virat Kohli in the World Cup if he gets injured.
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1) Shubman Gill
2) Yashasvi Jaiswal
3) Ruturaj Gaikwad
4) Ishan Kishan
5) Suryakumar Yadav
6) Rinku Singh
7) Tilak Varma
8) Hardik Pandya (C)
9) Axar Patel
10) Jitesh Sharma
11) Ravi Bishnoi
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Yashasvi Jaiswal
One of the players that will be on the radar for the BCCI is Yashasvi Jaiswal. He surely will be a backup for the Indian team for the World Cup. Yashasvi Jaiswal took the IPL 2023 by storm. The Southpaw was one of the best batters in this year of the IPL as he smashed runs for fun and was one of the main reasons behind the success of the Rajasthan Royals. He was quite aggressive batting at the top of the order as he has come out all guns blazing in all the games and gave his team a fiery start in all the games and eventually won the games for them. He smashed two centuries and also smashed the fastest half-century in the league as he achieved the feat in just 13 balls against KKR. He ended the season with 625 runs to his name.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad players who can be the backup for Virat Kohli in the World Cup if he gets injured. It’s unlikely that he will be part of the Indian team for the World Cup considering the presence of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan in the team. Ruturaj Gaikwad has been part of the Indian setup for a while now and also has been performing well in the domestic circuit. He was brilliant with the bat in the IPL where he scored around 500 runs. He also is likely to be on the standby list for the World Cup.
