Delhi: England Test team captain Ben Stokes has reacted to Virat Kohli’s retirement. He said that this time India will definitely miss the lack of vast. Kohli will not be on the ground in the 5 -match Test series starting on June 20, and Stokes believes that Kohli’s passion and victory will be very missing for the team.
“Number 18 will be missed”
Ben Stokes said, “Virat Kohli has made number 18 special. Now that an Indian player will not be seen with that number, there will be some strange feeling. He has played great for India for a long time.”
Message sent to Kohli
Stokes said that he sent a message to Virat Kohli after his retirement. He said, “I text him and said that it would be a disappointment not to play against him because I like to play with him. We used to have a strong competition, and we both used to land on the field with the same mindset – that this is a war.”
Kohli’s test career
Virat Kohli scored 9,230 runs for India in 123 Tests, with his average of 46.85. He scored 30 centuries and 31 half -centuries. The special thing is that between 2016 and 2019, his annual average never went below 55. In 2016 and 2017, his calendar year average was more than 75.
After Sachin, number 4 did his own
Virat Kohli, playing at number four in Test cricket, scored 7,564 runs in 160 innings. His average was 50.09 on this position. He replaced Sachin Tendulkar at this place, who retired in 2013.
Captain’s experience in England
Kohli has captained India in the highest 10 Test matches in England. During this time India got 3 wins and 6 defeats. MS Dhoni played 9 Tests in England captaining India.
Now command in Gill’s hands
After Kohli and Rohit Sharma retired from Test cricket, now Shubman Gill has been given the command of India. India will once again try to win the Test series in England. India last won a Test series in England in 2007.
