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Why Should Virat Kohli Not Retire: Virat Kohli can retire soon, there has been a panic in Indian cricket on hearing this. Not only fans, BCCI is also appealing to him to think again on his decision. S…Read more

Virat Kohli has played 123 Tests and 302 ODIs so far. (AP)
Highlights
- Virat Kohli has expressed his desire to retire from Test cricket.
- The entire cricket world is surprised by this desire of Virat Kohli.
- The BCCI asked Kohli to think about his retirement again.
Why should Virat Kohli Not Retire: When Virat Kohli enters Team India in 2008, the golden period of Indian batting was going on. 90 percent of the best batteries whose names are remembered at one time on our tongue were playing in 2008. Veteran teams like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni were the lives of the team. Sourav Ganguly retired a few months ago. Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina had confirmed a place in the team. Stars like Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa had hit the team. Then comes Virat Kohli, whose fans add King before his name a few years later. Virat Kohli has not been able to get the status of King. Virat’s game, number, and that stubbornness and passion take him ahead of his contemporary cricketers. Today, if a name comes after Sachin Tendulkar in Indian cricket, then it is Virat Kohli.
Today, when news related to Virat Kohli’s retirement from Test cricket has come, she has not only made her fans unhappy, but has also shocked the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI). The BCCI has appealed to him to think again on this decision or will. Reason- 36-year-old Virat is one of the best cricketers in the world, not only India today. His standing at the crease is a guarantee of India’s victory. Josh on the field is like a 16 -year -old cricketer, so fitness is also of the same level. The world of stubbornness and passion is Sani. When India won the T20 World Cup a year ago, the trophy may have been raised by Rohit Sharma, but the final player of the match’s trophy was in the hands of Virat Kohli.
Stubbornness and passion asked England
The story of Virat Kohli’s stubbornness and passion can be understood only from his previous England tours. When Virat Kohli went to England for the first time in 2014, there was not a single fifty in 4 Test matches. The veterans living in a hurry rejected Virat. Describing their weaknesses, they were described as the batter of Indian pitches. But Virat Kohli is a person who does not give up. They go to England again after 4 years. This time Virat Kohli scores 2 centuries, 2 half -centuries and 2 times in England. Critics are locked on the tongue and Virat is on the new sky of cricket.
3 batter in numbers ahead of Virat
Today, Virat Kohli has 30 centuries in the name of Test format. There are only three Indians in the batter who scored more than him, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar. Among contemporary cricketers, only Jo Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson are ahead of him. Of these, there is a gap of only 46 runs between Williamson and Virat. And if all the format is received, then only Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara are ahead of Virat Kohli in terms of scoring runs. Sangakkara can be left behind from Virat in a few months.
Virat’s fans do not want to see him playing just because he is close to breaking many records. The records that are in the name of Sachin, if Virat is named, then the happiness of Indian fans will remain almost the same. Yes, there will definitely be a pride that there are two Indians at the top. It is important to play Virat because whatever qualification you need to play continuously is in Virat. Virat is fit.

Active in journalism for two decades. Responsibility of Sports as Associate Editor Sports in News18Hindi from April 2020. Page-1 in Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala newspapers before News18 Hindi, Sports, India and abroad, Election D …Read more
Active in journalism for two decades. Responsibility of Sports as Associate Editor Sports in News18Hindi from April 2020. Page-1 in Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala newspapers before News18 Hindi, Sports, India and abroad, Election D … Read more