Virat Kohli retired: ‘This is not easy, but it seems right’ – Full statement. Cricket news

Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday, in which the 14 -year career in the format was abolished. His decision is ahead of India’s five-observance series in England, which starts from June 20 and is in Headingley, indicating the onset of a new cycle. World test championship,In a statement announcing retirement, Kohli said, “It has been 14 years when I first wore a baggy blue in Test cricket. Honestly, I never imagined that this format would take me. It tested me, gave me shape, and taught me a lesson that I will take for life.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!“Something deep about playing in whites. Cool pieces, long days, short moments that no one sees but he stays with you forever.“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.“I am going away with gratitude filled with gratitude – for sports, for those with whom I shared the field, and for every person who saw me on the way.“I will always look at my test career with a smile.#269, Signing of. ,
Fellow veteran Rohit Sharma also goes closely after retiring from Test cricket. As a result, India will enter the next WTC cycle with a revised batting lineup and its two most experienced leaders in more than a decade.Kohli’s Test career kicked his debut against the West Indies in Kingston in June 2011. In over 123 matches, he scored 9,230 runs at an average of 46.85, including 30 centuries and 31 fifty.
He leaves India’s most successful Test captain, leading the team in 68 matches with 40 wins.Between 2016 and 2019, Kohli enjoyed one of his most vast periods, scored 4,208 runs in 43 matches, on average 66.79, with an average 16 centuries and 10 half -centuries of 66.79, established himself as a prominent person in Test cricket.