England Captain Ben Stokes paid tribute to Virat Kohl and said that the Indian test team will miss his combat spirit and hard competitiveness. Stokes responded to Kohli’s retirement from the longest format before a highly anticipated tour of England, and after his Indian super -star sent a text message to Indian SuperStar Unexpected decision to retreat from test cricket 12th May.
It was expected that Kohli would travel to England with a relatively inexperienced Indian team, especially after Captain Rohit Sharma announced his own departure from the tests in early May. However, the former captain on May 12 took the social media and said that his decision to give up the format he loved most was “not easy, but it’s right.” According to India today, Kohli informed the Indian cricket plate From his decision -making weeks earlier, although the BCCi of the highest brass reportedly tried to persuade to consider again.
India will be a tour of England for a series of five tests starting on June 20, which will also mark the beginning of its new cycle of the World Test Championship. The A group for a tour is expected to be announced May 24.
“What India will miss is his combat spirit in the field, its competitiveness, his desire to win. He created No. 18 – Maybe we will never see it on the back of another Indian shirt. It was a clean class for such a long time.
Stokes added that Kohli deserves every piece of praise for his contributions to sports and describes him as a “other animal” in a white ball cricket. England Captain also admitted that Kohli’s elegant cover units were among many fans.
“He was incredible. He deserves all the awards. In India, he was in India and there was a lot of praise.
“The white ball formats were excellent. One thing I always remember on the virtue is, as the ball hits through the envelopes – the cover unit will live for a long time,” Stokes added.
Kohli and Stokes shared several intensive battles in the field in all formats. Kohli scored 1,991 runs in 28 tests against England on average 42.36. In England alone, 1,096 runs in 17 tests on average 33,21. After a depressing tour in 2014, he reflected in 2018 with two centuries and impressively led India in the series 2021, ensuring the famous victory in Lord’s and The Oval.
Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
May 21, 2025
Tune
