On Saturday, Timesofindia.com reported that Virat Kohli had interacted with BCCI to retire from Test cricket before the important five -match series in England starting on 20 June.Whereas it came as a surprise for men who matter, who had at least put him in his plans for England, Kohli made his mind.Not only BCCI, even people who have the best interests of Indian cricket from the heart, they want it on that flight to England, but the ball now is now in Kohli’s court.Many cricketers requested him to reconsider his retirement plans, doing an old interview round, where young Kohli vowed to cross the 10,000 Test runs.Who is that IPL player?Since its debut in the format in 2011, Kohli has played 123 Tests, scoring 9230 runs at an average of 46.85. Only seven batsmen have scored 10,000 runs in both ODI and Testing, and Kohli was potentially seen as the next entry into that magnificent list.Among the Indian batsmen, Virat Kohli as India’s fourth highest run-run-goldter, which is Sachin Tendulkar (15,921), Rahul Dravid (13,288), and Sunil Gavaskar (10,122), the fourth run-length in the format, behind the fourth run-completion in the format.
“I do not keep a record track at all. When I score a century in a match, I later come to know that it was the fastest for 10 centuries or was something like that. So I only know about it after the match. Before the match, before the match, I don’t have 5 innings, ‘I have 5 innings left, and if I score 3 more centuries, I would set a record, then I would set a record.” I don’t think my purpose is to score 10,000 runs in Test cricketAnd this is something I really want to achieve.Earlier, India captain Rohit Sharma announced retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday. Kohli is also thinking with the same lines that India will leave the batting order of red balls on the shoulders of the youth on a large scale. World test championship (WTC) cycle.Virat worked for runs during his last Test outing Border-gavaskar trophy Tour of Australia in November-January, where he scored just 190 runs in nine innings of 23.75, with a highlight in his century Perth.
