Virat kohli had recently announced his retirement from Test matches. It shocked the cricket world. Because virat kohli is now 35 years old. There was an expectation that he would be able to play cricket for a few more years. Since he has already retired from international T20 matches, it was thought that he would not have much workload. However, suddenly virat kohli announced his retirement from international Test matches before the england Test series. There was criticism that he did not perform well in the new zealand Test series and the australia Test series that he played before that. Therefore, the bcci had advised all the players that they should only play domestic matches. Accepting that, virat kohli had played one match for the delhi state team. But he did not play much in that. However, everyone believed that he would be given a chance in the england Test series.However, it is said that he may have been denied the opportunity, and it is said that virat kohli announced his retirement after realizing that. Only the bcci or virat kohli should tell what the truth is in this. But former players also say that there may have been some confusion about the information between the two sides. Some people close to virat kohli, like Dinesh Karthik, had said in an interview that virat kohli was to be given the captaincy of the Test team and that he believed that if he got the captaincy, his batting would definitely improve. However, the captaincy that was to be given to virat kohli went to Shubman Gill. It is said that virat kohli announced his retirement after knowing this.
It is widely rumored that virat kohli did not take a photo with the indian team at an event in london to raise funds for Yuvraj Singh's cancer charity due to such differences of opinion.
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