Virat Kohli announces Test retirement; says it's not easy but feels right
India's most successful Test captain and the fulcrum of its batting for over a decade, Virat Kohli announced his retirement
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- NEW DELHI — India's most successful Test captain and the fulcrum of its batting
for over a decade, Virat Kohli announced his retirement from the format on
Monday, ending his passionate love affair with the five-day game which
celebrated him as its saviour during a global T20 surge.
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- The 36-year-old Kohli, who admitted that it wasn't an
easy call to make, turned up in 123 Tests for India, scoring 9230 runs with 30
hundreds and 31 half centuries at an average of 46.85.
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- He will now only be seen in ODIs, having already retired
from T20 Internationals last year after having a significant role in India's
T20 World Cup win in the Caribbean.
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- "I'm walking away with a heart full of gratitude -
for the game, for the people I shared the field with, and for every single
person who made me feel seen along the way," Kohli announced on his
instagram page, putting an end to incessant speculation about his future in the
format that peaked after the tour of Australia earlier this year.
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- Since making his debut in 2011 as the nation's Test cap
number 269, Kohli captained India to the world number one position in the format
and fetched a historic series triumph in Australia in 2018-19.
