Virat Kohli surprised everyone by announcing his retirement from Test cricket and did not give any reason behind this sudden decision. India was already preparing for the 5-match Test series against England and Virat Kohli decided to move away from this format just before that. Cricketers around the world are surprised by Virat’s decision.
According to former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif, Kohli was preparing for the England tour and even participated in the Ranji Trophy, but he did not get support from the selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar. Kaif says that Virat Kohli was planning for the England tour which is starting from June 20.
Mohammad Kaif gave a big statement on Virat Kohli’s Test retirement
Even before the selectors could meet to select the team for the tour, he announced his retirement from Test cricket. According to Kaif, Kohli even played domestic cricket in February after returning from the Australia tour. He played a Ranji Trophy match. Obviously, he was preparing for the England tour and beyond. But he probably did not get support from the selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar. He was given the hint that now there is no place for him in Test matches.
Mohammad Kaif was quoted by News 24 as saying,
“𝑰 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝑪𝑪𝑰. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 5-6 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔.”
He said,
“𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒂𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚 2024-25, 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕.”
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