India Vs England: This Army presents 'International Player of the Year' award to Virat Kohli
England's popular fan club Barmy Army honoured the Indian skipper Virat Kohli with the International Player of the Year award for the year 2017-18.
India’s only warm-up match before the five-Test match series against England is going against Essex at County Ground, Chelmsford.
BCCI on their official Twitter handle, shared the picture of the 29-year-old posing with the award and said, "The @TheBarmyArmy presents #TeamIndia Captain @imVkohli with the International Player of the Year for years 2017 and 2018."
Say cheese 📸📸
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 25, 2018
The @TheBarmyArmy presents #TeamIndia Captain @imVkohli with the International Player of the Year for years 2017 and 2018. pic.twitter.com/sr0Z7TkDYv
An impressive half century from @DineshKarthik here at Essex which includes 10 fours.#TeamIndia 256/5 in 66 overs. pic.twitter.com/umGTSlWu4c
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 25, 2018
For the preparation of England Tests Indian team are underway three day warm-up games. At stumps, India were 322 for 6 in 84 overs. Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya were at strike on 82(94) and 33(58) respectively.
When India toured England last time under the leadership of MS Dhoni. The Indian squad lost the five-match Test series by the margin of 3-1. The first match was ended with tie.
India Squad for three England Tests:
Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur
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First published: 26 July 2018, 13:30 IST