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Virat Kohli pulls out of the first two Tests in shock blow for India

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Virat Kohli has withdrawn from the first two Test matches against England for personal reasons.

The decision has come as a shock and a blow for ’s as the 35-year-old had been. It follows the decision of England’s Harry Brook, for personal reasons.

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