Virat Kohli is counted among the most fit cricketers. He is famous worldwide for his fitness. Very rarely this happens when they are out of Team India due to injury. But in the Nagpur ODI on Thursday 6 January, he was kept out of the playing XI due to knee pain. This is the first time after 1130 days when he is out of the Indian team due to injury. With this, this has happened 5 times in Kohli's career, when he fell victim to injury and due to this he could not play international matches.

2022, Test against South Africa

Virat Kohli missed a match due to injury 1130 days before Nagpur ODI. He could not play the second Test match on the tour of South Africa in 2022. He had a cramp in his back before the Test held between 3 and 6 January, due to which he missed the match. Due to his exit, the team vice -captain KL Rahul captained for the first time in this match. However, his start was not good for him and South Africa won 7 wickets in this match.

2022, ODI against England

After the tour of South Africa in January 2022, an ODI series was played between India and England in July this year. Virat Kohli was out of its first match due to Grin injury. However, this time the team did not miss them. In this match, Jasprit Bumrah wreaked havoc against England. He took 6 wickets for just 19 runs in 7.2 overs and piled England for just 110 runs. India won this match by 10 wickets.

2018, T20 against South Africa

Virat Kohli could not play a match due to injury even in the year 2018. Actually, the 3-match T20 series was at 1-1. But before the third match, he had a stir in his back. Then he had to be out of the team. Rohit Sharma captained this match and won the series as well as winning the match 7 runs.

2017, Test against Australia

In 2017, Australia's team visited India. The third Test of this series was played in Ranchi. In this match, Virat Kohli suffered a shoulder injury to stop a boundary. After this, he could not recover before the Test match in Dharamshala and had to sit out of the team. The series was then at 1-1. Then Ajinkya Rahane won the Dharamshala Test and captured the series 2–1.