New Delhi, India – India’s great Kohli virat retired from the trial cricket on Monday after playing 123 games in his glorious race in the 14 -year -old red ball.
Kohli made his debut in the test in 2011 against the Western Indies and has been the outstanding batter of India since Sachin Tendulkar retirement in 2013.
“As I move away from this format, It is not easy, but it feels good, “Kohli published on Instagram. “14 years have passed since I used the comfortable blue in the trial cricket. Honestly, I never imagined the trip that this format would take me. He tasted me, he shaped me and taught me lessons that I will take for life.”
The 36 -year -old Kohli withdrawal is produced alone days after Rohit Sharma resigned From Crickt Test, taking two major batters from the selection containment for the Indian tour to England. India will need to select a new pattern and remodel your batting order for the five -test series from June 20.
Kohli scored 9,230 races, including 30 centuries and 31 media centuries in an average test batting of 46.85. He also directed India in 68 trial matches and was the most successful captain in India with 40 victories in evidence.
The former captain of India is One of the highest profile in the CricktWith 271 million followers on Instagram and almost 68 million in X, and he owns batting records in the longest and more limited formats. It is expected to continue playing the international cricket of a day, and is still very involved in the lucrative twenty20 Indian Premier Leaguewhich was suspended last Friday for a week after the growing military tensions with Pakistan.
Kohli said that the traditions and flows and flows of the five -day format were special for him, including “the quiet routine, the long days, the small moments that no one sees but that they remain with you forever.”
“I am moving away with a heart full of gratitude, for the game, for the people with whom I shared the field and for each person who made me feel wearing the way,” he wrote. “I will always look back in my test career with a smile. #269, signing.”
Kohli ended up as the fourth highest scorer in India in the tests after Tendulkar (15,921), Rahul Dravid (13,265) and Sunil Gavaskar (10,122). He also obtained the most double centuries for India in the tests, seven, one more than the legendary tendulkar.
However, his crowned glory in Test Cricket was as a captain. His 40 test victories established a record for a captain of India, surpassing MS Dhoni (27 of 60 tests) and Sourav Ganguly (21 of 49 tests).
He finished fourth on the list of all time of most victories as a trial captain, behind the Graeme Smith of South Africa (53 of 109 tests), and Ricky Ponting of Australia (48 of 77 tests) and Stephen Waugh (41 of 57 tests).
Kohli also led India to classification number 1 of the International Cricket Council in the Test Cricket after taking over Dhoni in 2014-15, and helped her team maintain a strength in that position for five years.
In 2018, he guided India to his first victory in the series of evidence against Australia in Australia.
The speculation about the future of the Kohli test has intensified since the Tour of Five Tests of India through Australia ended in January. After scoring a 30 section in Perth, the Kohli series decreased and finished it with 190 races in nine entries on average 23.75. Even so, its impact on the game in India and worldwide has been enormous.
“Thank you, Virat Kohli. An era ends in the trial cricket, but the legacy will continue forever,” the Cricket Control Board in India published in a statement on X. “His contributions to the Indian team will be appreciated forever!”
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