The Indian cricket team will play a 5 -match Test series on England tour. Before the team selection for this tour, Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket. On May 12, Virat on 12 and 5 days before that Rohit Sharma said goodbye to the Test. Now the statement of 2 former captains of Pakistan has come on this, according to one, Virat could play comfortably till 2027, while the other said that Kohli should have received more respect.
Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad described Virat Kohli as the greatest player of the modern era. According to him, Kohli could play more for 2 years, he even said that the way Kohli took retirement, it seems that there is something else in the story.
Miandad said in a conversation with Telecom Asia Sport, “It cannot be denied that Virat Kohli has been a great player, match winner and excellent captain of modern times. The game that he loved, suddenly tells him to leave in such a way that there is more in the story. I think he could play comfortably by the end of 2027. Surely, there was a difficult period for him, but I have not had a great period, but I have no such time for him.
Virat Kohli was entitled to more respect- Shahid Afridi
Shahid Afridi said, “You can say a lot about Kohli. He is agitating, sometimes controversial, but you cannot ignore what he did for the Indian cricket team. He gave everything for the team and won the matches on his own. Players like him get to see very little, and they were once a different behavior. He also asked the BCCI to curb them.
Gautam Gambhir also took Virat-Rohit’s name during practice
The Indian team is currently practicing in Becanham. During this time, Gautam Gambhir took the names of Virat and Rohit by motivating the young players. He said, “We will play 3 most experienced (Kohli, Rohit and Ashwin) without players, look at it as an opportunity that you have to do something special for the country now.”