Indian cricket fans are yet to fathom Virat Kohli's sudden Test retirement. His retirement call came just ahead of India's Test series against England.
Kohli was expected to be India's main batter in the upcoming England Test series. However, his retirement has disturbed the balance of the team big time.
Kohli's retirement call came within five days of Rohit Sharma announcing his Test retirement. The senior Indian players retiring from Test cricket have now left a gaping hole, with BCCI looking for options for their replacement in the batting lineup.
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India & World Cricket Will Miss Him - Bharat Arun On Virat Kohli
With all the focus on the England series, former Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun has made a massive revelation regarding Kohli in the Test format. He said that Virat Kohli hated practice games, as he felt that the intensity was missing in those games.
“Indian and world Test cricket will miss him and his persona. I have spent some of my best moments as India’s bowling coach with Virat Kohli as captain," Arun told PTI in an interaction.
“He never liked practice matches. He always felt the intensity was somehow missing and never really enjoyed practice games. Instead, he would want to spend more time at the nets and would always choose the spiciest wicket and get bowlers to bowl at him from 16 yards — or take throw downs from 16 yards. The fact is — he always needed a challenge. That’s what got him going," he added.
Meanwhile, in other reports around Kohli's retirement, there have been talks that Kohli wanted to retire on May 7, and the BCCI requested him to delay his announcement due to Operation Sindoor.
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In another major report by Cricbuzz, it was said that Kohli spoke to Ajit Agarkar twice before finalizing his decision to retire, as he was not getting the kind of freedom or the environment he wanted.
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