On Monday, May 12, India National Cricket Team superstar Virat Kohli took to his official Instagram handle to announce his decision to walk away from Test cricket after serving the team for 14 years.
Kohli's retirement from red-ball cricket came as a massive surprise to everyone, as he is currently 36 and has a lot of cricket left in him. Many expected him to play Test cricket till 40 and quit the format at the very last after his complete retirement from white-ball cricket.
He responded by revealing that there has not been a lot of talk about it, and Virat Kohli himself won't like it if that happens, as he would want everyone to focus on the IPL. Kohli stated:
Notably, Kohli retired from Test cricket after playing 123 matches and scoring 9230 runs at an average of 46.85, to go with 30 centuries and 31 half-centuries.
Not played a game of cricket in a while, so pretty excited to be back at full health - Phil Salt
"Feeling good. Not played a game of cricket in a while so pretty excited to be back at full health. I work on the basics of batting, making sure I'm aligned and hitting the ball back where it comes from is always my first stop but definitely hitting the ball hard is one of the things I do regularly almost every training session just to stay on top of it."
"It's brilliant. The enjoyment is probably in everything it takes to get there and sometimes you hit so many balls that the result you sort of gloss over it and it's nice. I always think back to moments like that when you play well and win a game for your team. What sort of goes before it and how disciplined I was."
Every game we have that must-win mentality - Phil Salt
"When you're coming down the road to get to the Chinnaswamy, there's a sea of people. It's unbelievable support we've got here. Every game we have that must win mentality.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are currently at the second spot on the IPL 2025 points table with eight wins and three losses in 11 matches and an invisible 'Q' in front of their name. They have 16 points and a Net Run Rate of 0.482.
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