The BCCI announced the Indian team and the new Test captain for the England tour on Saturday, May 24. Shubman Gill will be seen representing India in the longest format of the game. The chief selector of the Indian men’s team also made a big revelation about Virat Kohli’s retirement during the press conference.
Agarkar said that former captain Virat Kohli had met him in April and told him about his decision to retire from Tests. It is worth noting that Kohli announced his retirement from Tests on May 12 before the five-Test series against England starting on June 20.
Virat Kohli has given his all – Ajit Agarkar
Ajit Agarkar said in the press conference,
“𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡. 𝘼𝙨𝙝𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙑𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝘼𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙡, 𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 200% 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙. 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙞𝙛 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙄𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩.”
Virat scored 9230 Test runs for India
Virat Kohli played 123 Test matches for India, in which he scored 9230 runs at an average of 46.85 and a strike rate of 55.58. He has scored 31 half-centuries, 30 centuries and 7 double centuries in Tests. Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer as an Indian Test captain. He scored 5864 runs in 113 innings. He is also the fourth highest run-scorer for India in this format.
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