Rahul Dravid opens up on Virat Kohli's unavailability; participation in third Test also in doubt?

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Rahul Dravid has opened up on Virat Kohli's unavailability and said that the selectors would be the best people to answer questions regarding the start batter. Kohli did not feature in the first two Test matches against England citing personal reasons.

There are doubts over his participation in the third Test in Rajkot which starts from February 15. AB de Villiers recently revealed that Virat Kohli and wife Anushka Sharma are expecting their second child.

After India won the second Test match in Visakhapatnam by 106 runs and levelled the 5-Test series 1-1, Rahul Dravid was asked if Virat Kohli would join the squad for the rest of the series. Dravid said selectors would contact Kohli soon to find out.

"I think it's best to ask the selectors. I am sure they are the best people to answer ahead of the team selection for the next three Tests. We will get to that. I am sure there will be a selection over the next few days. We will connect with him and find out," Rahul Dravid said during a post-match press conference on Monday in Vizag.

India also missed the services of KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja in the second Test match due to their respective injuries.Mohammed Shami is also out of the team due to an ankle injury. While KL Rahul is likely to return for the third Test, Jadeja and Shami could take more time to recover.

Riding on the back of Yashasvi Jaiswal's double hundred, and nine wickets from Jasprit Bumrah, India thrashed England on Day 4 of the Vizag Test. Chasing a 399-run target, England were bundled out for 292 on Monday, February 5.

"We were put under pressure at various times, but I think a couple of individual brilliances kept us in the game in the first couple of days. Yashasvi's brilliant innings - 209 in that first innings. And then Bumrah's spell on the first two days kept us or got us ahead by 140. And then, we needed a bit more of a team performance over days three and four to get us over the line," Dravid said talking about the win.