Video: Virat Kohli Leaves For South Africa Ahead Of Test Series, Poses For Selfie With Fan At Mumbai Airport

Indian batting star Virat Kohli was spotted leaving for South Africa from Mumbai in a video that has gone viral over social media. In the video, the right-handed batter was also spotted giving in to a selfie from a fan before entering the airport to board for the rainbow nation.

Kohli has been rested from the limited-overs leg of the all-format tour of South Africa, having played in all the matches of the 2023 World Cup. With the World Test Championship (WTC) points at stake in the two red-ball games and India targeting their first away series win over South Africa, the selectors have named a full-strength squad, including Rohit Sharma, who will return as captain.

Virat Kohli has a formidable Test record in South Africa:

Meanwhile, the former Indian captain is the only one in the current batting line-up with an average of over 50 in Tests played in South Africa. Kohli, who first played a Test in the rainbow nation in 2013, has accumulated 719 runs in 7 matches, averaging 51.36.

The best of 153 came at the Centurion in 2018, but Team India lost that match, thereby also relinquishing the series. With the visitors having never won a series in South Africa, the reliance is likely to come heavily on Kohli to help them break the drought.

The Delhi-born cricketer topped the run-scoring charts in the 2023 World Cup, aggregating 765 runs in 7 matches at 95.62 with 3 centuries. Hence, India will hope to see him continue the same against Proteas' formidable bowling unit.