Hyderabad/Mumbai: Star batter Virat Kohli on Thursday left for the United States to join the Indian Cricket Team for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
The development was confirmed to ETV Bharat by a highly-placed source from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The T20 World Cup will be played in the Caribbean and the United States of America and India begin their campaign against Ireland in New York on Wednesday, June 5.
Before the main tournament begins, India, who won the inaugural edition of the World Cup way back in 2007, will face off their neighbours Bangladesh in a warm-up fixture to be played on Saturday on June 1. It remains to be seen whether Virat plays the warm-up game or not.