Dharamsala, June 12 -- Team India's bowling coach, Morne Morkel, said the Men in Blue will miss the services Virat Kohli in the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, after the legendary batter was ruled out of the home series due to a hamstring injury. Furthermore, Morkel welcomed another veteran, Rohit Sharma's comeback to the Indian side, saying that the latter is "excited to go" for the series-opener.

After winning the one-off Test against Afghanistan, India will kick the ODI series off with the first match at Dharamsala on June 13.

Notably, Team India have been sweating over the availability of the veteran duo of Kohli and Rohit, both now exclusively ODI players, owing to their fitness issues. While Kohli sustained th...