{"id":4862,"date":"2024-02-11T07:59:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T07:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/?p=4862"},"modified":"2024-02-11T07:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T07:59:59","slug":"ab-de-villiers-fresh-apology-after-virat-kohli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/ab-de-villiers-fresh-apology-after-virat-kohli\/","title":{"rendered":"‘My friend is still not available. I cry out to…’: AB de Villiers’ fresh ‘apology’ after Virat Kohli misses ENG Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AB de Villiers issued a fresh apology during a live show on YouTube as Kohli remained unavailable for the last three games against Ben Stokes’ men.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A day after AB de Villiers took a\u00a0shocking U-turn on his earlier revelation<\/a>, that\u00a0Virat Kohli<\/a>\u00a0had missed the opening two Test matches against England as\u00a0he and his wife Anushka Sharma are expecting their second child<\/a>, the former South Africa captain issued a fresh apology during a live show on YouTube as the India batter remained unavailable for the last three games against Ben Stokes’ men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The speculations were right as Kohli continued to remain away from cricketing action, thereby making himself unavailable for the final three matches of the five-Test series against England due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Virat Kohli will remain unavailable for selection for the remainder of the series due to personal reasons. The Board fully respects and supports Mr. Kohli\u2019s decision,” read the BCCI statement which revealed the squad for the remaining matches against England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaking on Kohli’s absence during his YouTube show on Saturday, De Villiers apologised to his former Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate and his family for his “blunder” in his previous show and called for privacy on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “My friend Virat Kohli is still not available. I cry out to everybody to give him the privacy that he deserves. Family comes first. No one knows what exactly is going on. I am asking all of us to respect that. I did bit of a blunder in my previous show and I apologise to the Kohli family for that,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Just not nice. I shared information that was not confirmed at all so. I am begging everyone out there to respect him and his family and his private time. Hopefully, we will see Virat back, happy and scoring runs. Like he always does.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n