‘When I was 13 years old, while batting you …’: Shubman Gill takes out his heart for Virat Kohli. Cricket news

New Delhi: India’s star batter Shubman Gill on Monday paid a heartfelt tribute to social media after the announcement of his retirement from Test cricket. 36-year-old Kohli called Time on his brilliant red-ball career, a few days ago India was designed to name his squad for the upcoming tour of England. Kohli, who started in 2011, played 123 Test matches, scored 9,230 runs at an average of 46.85. Her retirement post on Instagram came even five days after India’s captain Rohit Sharma, which also got away from the longest format.Gill wrote on his social media handle, “I write for you, paji, will never really be able to occupy it which I think or the effect on me.”“When I was 13 years old, you were batting and wondering how a person can bring that kind of energy into the field – to share the field with you and possibly to feel someone else – you have not only inspired one generation, you have shaped the mentality of millions again. I know how much test cricket can be meant for you, and I hope that our generation can increase the same fire and the rights.”“Thanks to everything. Happy retirement, @imvkohli paaji,” Gill concluded.Kohli, who batted primarily at number four, hit the 30 Test centuries and 31 half-centuries, not a career-first score of 254.Kohli posted on his official feed, “It’s 14 years when I first wore a baggy blue in Test cricket.”“Honestly, I never imagined this journey that this format would take me. It has tested me, shaped me, and taught me a lesson that I will take to life.“As I am away from this format, it’s not easy – but it seems right. I have given it everything that I had, and it is given to me a lot as much as I could expect.”A symbol of intensity and commitment, Kohli also overtakes a legacy as India’s most successful test captain, with 40 wins and 17 defeats in 68 matches. He stepped below the captaincy in 2022. The only captains close to his record are MS Dhoni (27 wins in 60 tests) and Sourav Ganguly (21 in 49).Kohli wrote, “I am going away with gratitude -filled heart – for the game, with the people with whom I shared the field, and for every person who saw me on the way,” Kohli wrote.“I will always look at my test career with a smile.”While Kohli’s terrible competition remained unchanged, the average 32.56 – average 32.56 – may have contributed to his move’s decision in the last two years. At his peak from 2011 to 2019, he averaged around 55 in tests.