Mukesh Kumar Wears Virat Kohli Iconic Number 18 Jersey: Virat Kohli’s 18 number jersey, Mukesh Kumar, fans angry

New Delhi. Former captain of the Indian cricket team Virat Kohli announced his retirement from this format before the England Test series next month. The selectors have selected the team and handed over the captaincy to Shubman Gill. This decision has been taken after Rohit Sharma’s retirement from the test. India A team in England is currently playing the first informal Test against England Lions. In this match, fast bowler Mukesh Kumar descended in this match wearing the number of 18 number of Jersey in which Virat Kohli used to play.

Fast bowler Mukesh Kumar was seen wearing the number 18 jersey of former captain Virat Kohli for India ‘A’ in the first informal Test against England Lions on Sunday. Fans on social media are very angry about the fact that a player from the Indian men’s team came out wearing this legend’s jersey number. Many people expressed their displeasure over X (East Twitter) and even demanded the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to stop this player of Delhi Capitals from doing so.

Kohli wore a number 18 jersey from his Test debut 14 years ago, in which he won several series and scored around 10,000 runs. Last month, he announced his retirement through social media posts. He said that this decision was not easy but it felt ‘right’ because he gave this format everything for the team. According to Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar, Kohli made up his mind to retire in April itself.

Bcci Changed Mukesh Kumar’s Jersey No. From 18 to 49 🤣

This is Embarrassing 😭 pic.twitter.com/dee8ivyzmc

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