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Virat Kohli to skip County stint with Surrey due to neck sprain: BCCI

May 25, 2018, 1:19 AM

Nation Next Newsroom | Mumbai

Indian cricketer and captain Virat Kohli will not play for Surrey following a neck injury, the ICC and BCCI confirmed on Thursday. — Virat Kohli

Indian cricketer and captain Virat Kohli will not play for Surrey following a neck injury, the ICC and BCCI on Thursday confirmed.

CONFIRMED: @imVkohli will not play for Surrey after suffering a neck injury playing for RCB.

He will undertake a fitness Test on 15th June, and is expected to be fit for India’s tours of Ireland and England. pic.twitter.com/923ubTK7se

? ICC (@ICC) May 24, 2018

As per sources, the Indian captain was supposed to play for Surrey in the month of June as part of his preparation for the tour of England that starts in July. The news of Kohlis injury started speculating among people after he visited Hinduja hospital on Wednesday to visit an orthopedic. The BCCI also confirm Kohlis neck injury through a press release as reports of him suffering from a slip disc had also surfaced.

As per a report in India Today, Team India Captain Mr Virat Kohli suffered a neck injury while fielding during Match 51 of the VIVO IPL between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad on 17th May 2018 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Mr Kohli, who was scheduled to play for Surrey CCC in the month of June, has been ruled out from participating. This decision was taken following assessments by the BCCI Medical team, subsequent scans, and a specialist visit. The Team India captain will now undergo a period of rehabilitation under the supervision of the BCCI Medical team, the release said.

The release also stated, He will begin training and subsequently undergo a fitness test at the NCA in Bengaluru from June 15. The BCCI Medical Team is confident that Mr Kohli will regain full fitness ahead of India’s upcoming tours to Ireland and England.

Daily Updates

Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.