Indian team will be present at the unveiling ceremony of Virat Kohli stand

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The stand will be unveiled in the name of Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli at Ferozeshah Kotla on Thursday and the entire Indian cricket team will be present on this occasion.

Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) will unveil the stand at Ferozeshah Kotla in the name of Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli on 12 September and the entire Indian cricket team will be present on the occasion. Let us tell you that on Thursday, Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium will also be renamed.

This stadium will now be known as Arun Jaitley Stadium. Jaitley was the chairman of DDCA and the vice-chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Arun Jaitley died on 24 August. Senior BCCI official said that players will also be present in this unveiling ceremony.

“The stand will be unveiled by DDCA in Kohli’s name, at that time the players will also be present there,” the official told IANS. The players of the team will be in the capital of Delhi on Thursday before going to Dharamshala on Friday.

The South African team, captained by wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock, is scheduled to play T20 matches in Dharamsala on September 15, Mohali on September 18 and in Bengaluru on September 22.

After the T20 series, both teams will also play a three-match Test series under the World Test Championship. The first match of the Test series will be played in Visakhapatnam from 2 October, the second in Pune from 10 October and the third in Ranchi from 19 October.