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India's Kohli to miss remaining three England Tests for 'personal reasons'

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Virat Kohli. (Photo by Gareth Copley-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)
Virat Kohli. (Photo by Gareth Copley-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)

Star batsman Virat Kohli's absence from the India squad for undisclosed "personal reasons" will extend to the remaining three Tests against England, the country's cricket board said Saturday.

The series is level at 1-1 after two matches that Kohli also missed, and will resume without him in Rajkot for the third Test starting Thursday.

Both he and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have given scant details on the reasons for his absence.

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