New Delhi:
Former captain Virat Kohli on Saturday (
Virat Kohli) When the news came from BCCI to express his desire to retire from Test cricket, then his crores of fans were surprised. The former cricketers also did not like Kohli’s style at all because Indian cricketers need not only against England, but for a few more years to come. Brian Lara has also appealed to Kohli not to retire. However, in the event of Rohit’s retirement, the BCCI was once again looking at the captaincy of the tour of England to Virat Kohli. The BCCI source said, ‘It is true that the selection committee thought of making Virat as captain for the tour of England. But Virat Kohli not only refused to accept the captaincy, but he also expressed his desire to retire from Test cricket.
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What will be the effect of great Brian Lara’s appeal?
After Kohli’s reply, not only the BCCI, but many people have asked to consider their decision. Windies great batsman Brian Lara appealed not to retire from Kohli and said, ‘Today Test cricket needs Virat Kohli. He will be persuaded and he will score from here at an average of 60 in the rest of his career Test matches’
Shubman Gill leads the captain’s race
Agarkar and company will announce the Indian team for the tour of England on 23 May. KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Jaspreet Bumrah and Rishabh Pant are running in the race for the captaincy post, but the names of Gujarat Joints captain Gill are at the forefront. According to the source, ‘Selectors want to entrust the responsibility of captaincy to a youth for the English tour, but the BCCI officials do not fully agree. Board officials feel that an experienced person needs to be made captain in this big tour ‘