Virat Kohli ‘Wanted To Continue But BCCI…’: Ex-India Star Makes Colossal Claim After Sudden Retirement

The former captain of India Mohammad Kaif said that Virat Kohli may not have obtained the support he provided for from the BCCI and the selectors, which led him to end his career as an immediate effect. Kohli, who scored 9,230 points in 123 games at an average of 46.85, wrote on Instagram on Monday that he would retire tests with immediate effect. His decision comes only five days after the captain of India Rohit Sharma withdrew from the test cricket.

“I think he wanted to continue in the format. There must have been internal talks with the BCCI, the selectors may have cited its form in the last 5 to 6 years and told him that his place in the team may not be there. We will never discover what happened, it is very difficult to guess what really happened behind the scenes.”

“But given the last-minute decision, after playing the Ranji trophy, I really think he wanted to return to the upcoming tests. Developments in recent weeks, he may not have obtained the support he thought he was obtaining from BCCI and selectors that he may not have obtained,” Kaif said in an exclusive conversation with Ians.

In recent times, Kohli had struggled to do coherent shopping in the tests. He scored 190 points in nine rounds of the Border-Gavaskar 2024/25 trophy series, which lost 3-1. 100 of these races occurred in an undefeated second round in Perth. Kaif said Kohli is in a hurry to score races in Australia was also an indication that his test career ended quickly.

“In the Gavaskar 2024-25 border trophy, he watched in a hurry to score races. You have to stay outside for hours and creak in the test cricket, which he did in the past, but the constant border of the ball moved away from him while trying to drive, made me feel that his patience was a little less.”

“Perhaps he thought” that I am in the last phase of my career how much is the point of scoring a gravelly century, there was a different level of patience from him before, he used to leave the bullets, take his time, get bored and have removed them, but I had not seen him in Australia “.”

“This method of dismissal during the slips perhaps shows that he was not ready to spend hours in the fold. The communication of the BCCI and the realization of self in the red ball cricket may have led to the decision,” he explained.

While Kaif was certain that Rohit withdraws from the tests after going unavailable for the Sydney test earlier this year, he always expressed his surprise that Kohli leaves the longer format. “On the other hand, Virat’s decision left me confused. Yes, in his test career, his figures have dropped in recent years, but a form of 36 years Virat Kohli could have returned as he proved before. ”

“He felt that he would play for a few years, guiding young players. It is a very private decision, he always said that it was his favorite format. If you look at one of his interviews, he was still used to ringing the praise of the test format. ”

“He took advantage of it because he loved the exhausting challenge and he often encouraged young people to follow his itinerary to prevent test cricket from dying.

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