India captain Virat Kohli will play the test series opener against Australia in Adelaide next month before flying back home to be with his pregnant Bollywood star wife.
The Indian cricket board announced on Monday that Kohli will leave his team's tour of Australia for the second, third and fourth matches after being granted paternity leave.
Kohli and India's huge touring party will soon travel from Dubai to Sydney on a charter flight, sharing it with Australia's Indian Premier League stars.
The superstar batsman will play in the six limited-overs matches in Australia before he will return home to be with his wife Anushka Sharma for the birth of their first child in early January.