England vs India: Virat Kohli ruled out of 1st ODI due to injury, Shreyas Iyer to bat at No.3

Virat Kohli was ruled out of the first ODI of a three-match series against England at The Oval due to an injury. Kohli has been out of form for a while now - he scored 11 and 20 in the rescheduled 5th Test match versus England recently before managing only 1 and 11 in two T20Is against the hosts.

Virat Kohli's horror run of form has shocked former cricketers who feel it is high time for the selectors to take a firm call on the India star. Kohli has been rested for the ODI series against West Indies - he was also rested for the first T20I against England and did not



feature in the T20I series against South Africa at home.

India toured Ireland for two T20Is and Virat Kohli, who was training with the Test team in England, did not play those games either. Meanwhile, the likes of Deepak Hooda and Suryakumar Yadav have staked claim to spots in the playing XI. Hooda scored a sensational T20I hundred against Ireland and Suryakumar Yadav smashed the third fastest T20I hundred by an Indian against England on Sunday.

India picked 5 batters, 2 all-rounders and 4 bowlers for the first ODI against England on Tuesday.