{"id":7938,"date":"2023-12-22T14:59:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T09:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=385475"},"modified":"2023-12-22T14:59:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T09:29:18","slug":"virat-kohli-returns-to-india-for-family-emergency-ahead-of-first-test-against-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/virat-kohli-returns-to-india-for-family-emergency-ahead-of-first-test-against-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli returns to India for family emergency ahead of first test against South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli has made an unplanned return to India due to a family emergency. Kohli, a key player in the Indian squad, had initially traveled to South Africa for the upcoming two-Test series set to kick off on December 26.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this unforeseen development, cricket authorities assure that Kohli is expected to rejoin the team before the commencement of the first Test.<\/p>\n<p>In a parallel setback for the Indian team, batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has been sidelined from the two-Test series. Gaikwad\u2019s exclusion is a consequence of a fractured ring finger sustained during an attempt to take a catch in the second ODI against South Africa earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>This two-Test series holds significance as part of the World Test Championship cycle, and the Indian team will need to recalibrate its strategy in light of these unexpected developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli has made an unplanned return to India due to a family emergency. Kohli, a key\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":30827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3546],"class_list":["post-7938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-bcci"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}