Champions Trophy 2025: The final of the Champions Trophy 2025 is to be played between India and New Zealand on Sunday, March 9. Both the teams are busy preparing for this final in full swing. But just before this, the Indian team has received a disturbing news and that news is about star batsman Virat Kohli. A report has said that Kohli got injured during Team India’s practice session before the Champions Trophy final. Kohli suffered this injury while batting, after which he stopped practice and the medical team started examining him.
Injury caused by ball hitting knee
A Pakistani media report claims that while Virat was facing fast bowlers during practice at the ICC Academy, a ball hit his knee. After this he stopped batting and the Indian team’s physio started taking care of him. Kohli did not practice after this but during this time he kept watching the practice of other players and remained on the field with the team.
Kohli is fit for the final
Obviously, Virat’s fitness has become a cause of concern for Team India in the recent past and recently he was unable to play in the first match of the ODI series against England due to a knee injury.In such a situation, the latest injury can trouble Team India and its fans. However, the matter of relief is that Kohli’s injury is not very serious. In the report, quoting the support staff of the Indian team, it has been told that Kohli is fit for the final and will take the field.
Most runs for India
It is very important for Team India that Virat Kohli is fit and takes the field if it has to win the title. Virat’s bat has spoken consistently in this tournament so far and he has scored the most runs for India. Kohli scored an unbeaten 100 while chasing the target against Pakistan and led the team to victory. Then in the semi-finals too, Kohli scored an excellent 84 runs and led Team India to victory over Australia and reached the finals. Kohli has so far scored 217 runs in 4 innings of the tournament.