Virat Kohli took rest from the Nidahas Trophy 2018 tri-series including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Under his leadership, the Indian Cricket team their first ODI series on South African shores winning 6 matches ODI Series 6-1. In ODI series against South Africa, Virat Kohli scored 558 runs in 6 matches with 3 centuries and led India to a famous series win.
Kohli lost the test series against South Africa by 1-2. He was the leading runs scorer in 3 match test series against South Africa scoring 286 runs. In IPL 2018, Kohli is eager to take Royal Challengers Bangalore to their first IPL title.
The Indian captain is on a high on social media as he won the Instagram most engaged social account in 2017. He was active on Instagram during most events in 2017.
Kohli took to the social media platform to share the award, saying “A bit late but I”d like to thank @Instagram for this award for the Most Engaged Account on Instagram of 2017 in India. A big thank you to all my fans for all the love and support I”ve always been bestowed upon. It”s because of you guys, I”ve always been motivated to do the right things and achieve whatever I”ve been able to till date.
RCB has a strong batting unit with likes of Brendon McCullum, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Collin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes in their squad. With a long IPL season, the BCCI decided to check workload of top 50 Indian players, including 27 contracted players, 23 players would be added to the Indian Premier League.
Indian team would tour England for 3 T20I’s series, 3 ODI and 5 test match series starting from 3rd July. Then they would go on to tour Australia in November.