India, Sept. 3 -- In a rare move that has all the raw material to snowball into an unnecessary talking point in Indian cricket before the Asia Cup, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reportedly made a special exception for senior batter Virat Kohli by allowing him to undergo his mandatory fitness test in London, even as the rest of the national squad reported for tests at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru last week.

The fitness assessments, which are being carried out ahead of the packed international season starting later this year, saw top names including Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill, and Mohammed Siraj undergo evaluation at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence on August 29. According to a Dainik J...