Just when Virat Kohli was being talked about as the player who would make the difference in the upcoming five-Test series between hosts India and England, the BCCI inboxed a press release that took everyone by surprise as it broke the news of Kohli opting out of the first two matches of the series due to personal reasons.
The absence of India's most influential batter leaves a huge void in the line-up, and to fill that gap, the team management is back to the drawing board two days before the start of the series in Hyderabad on January 25.
