The evening of Saturday 1 February was special for Indian cricket. Indian cricket stars and emerging players were honored at a Five Star Hotel in Mumbai. Apart from the players who won the award during this period, other stars including Team India captain Rohit Sharma were also present, while coach Gautam Gambhir was also with the team. However, there was not a big face in this gathering adorned with the stars and it was Virat Kohli. Now the question is, why did Virat Kohli not attend this BCCI event?

They also answer this. BCCI conducts these awards every year, in which not only international cricket, but also in domestic cricket, players who perform strong performance are also honored. In such a situation, the giants of Team India are always involved in these awards and this time it was not different. Team stars like Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Jaspreet Bumrah, Shubman Gill were part of this evening.

Why could Virat Kohli not reach?

Amidst all this, Virat Kohli did not attend the awards function and the reason for this was his Ranji Trophy match. Yes, the same Ranji Trophy match, in which Virat returned after 12 years and for the last few days, which is being discussed everywhere. Virat was present in Delhi for this match and Saturday was the third day of the match. Although his team Delhi defeated Railways on the third day, but Virat could not reach for this award.

Moments to cherish. Memories Etched #Ranjitrophy , @IDFCFIRSTBank , @imvkohli pic.twitter.com/n5gdknxkav

- Bcci domestic (@bccidomestic) February 1, 2025

Could not take this special gift

By the way, Virat did not get any award from BCCI this time because his performance was not special this time but he missed out on taking a special gift. In fact, a special gift was given to the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup last year by BCCI's Main Sponsor Dream XI. This gift was 'Personalized Ring' i.e. every player's name ring. Virat Kohli was also part of the Team India, which won the World Cup but he could not take this ring.

The morning after the celebrations in Mumbai when I woke up, I realized we had done something very very very special

Rohit Sharma Walks Down Memory Lane Reminister The Historic #T20worldcup Win as #Teamindia is felicitated for their special achievement #Namanawards , pic.twitter.com/210bhkava4

- BCCI (@Bcci) February 1, 2025

Only players like Rohit, Hardik, Bumrah, Suryakumar, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson were present at the awards, who got this ring. However, it is not that Virat will not get this ring, rather he will be sent to this ring separately. Apart from them, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Mohammad Siraj were also not part of this award show but they too will be sent separately.