Mumbai: Virat Kohli Monday announced his retirement from Test cricket.
The former India captain, widely regarded as one of the finest batters of the modern era, said: “I am walking away with a heart full of gratitude…Will always look back at my Test career with a smile.”
“I’ve given it everything I had, and it’s given me back so much more than I could’ve hoped for,” Kohli announced on his Instagram page. He added that “It’s not easy but it feels right.”
“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,” he added.
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His retirement continues the exodus of Indian bigwigs from the Test arena. Ravichandran Ashwin (in December) and Rohit Sharma (last week) are the others to have called it quits in the format.
The 36-year-old Kohli turned up in 123 Tests for India, scoring 9230 runs with 30 hundreds at an average of 46.85. He will only play in ODIs now, having already retired from T20 Internationals last year.
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