Former England Captain Michael Vaughan paid a rich honor for Virt Kohli Days after the Indian star announced his departure from the test cricket and said that no individual for the longest format of the game did more than a star Indian dough.
Kohli ended his 14 -year -old test career With an emotional contribution on the social media on Monday, May 12, a star Indian dough played 123 tests and recorded 9,230 runs on average 46.85, including 30 centuries.
“There are not too many retirement tests where I am really disappointed that I will not watch cricket anymore.
“I am shocked that he will retire now, and I am also quite sad about it. At the time he has been involved in a game that has been pulling for more than 30 years, I do not believe that there is no individual that has done more than a virat for the test format.”
Kohli retired as the most successful Indian Captain test With 40 wins in 60 matches. The former Captain of England attributed Kohli to the Indian passion for Red-Ball and said that the test cricket would be “far from him” without him.
“When the captain came ten years ago, I was afraid that India had lost interest in a test cricket,” said a 50 -year -old, who served as an English test captain between 2003 and 2008.
“Mrs. Dhoni was one of the big players of the white balls, but it seemed to me that the captain of the test team who didn’t love this format. The game needs India to be madly in love with the test cricket, and what virat supported as a captain.
“His passion, skill, and the way he spoke of the test cricket has always been a highlight that was a huge shot for the format. The test cricket would be far away without him without him, and there was a chance to lose his attraction if he wasn’t interested and invested.”
Vaughan rated Kohli as the largest player in all formats and called his retirement a blow to test cricket.
“His retirement is now a wound to test cricket and for fans very disappointing – last but not least in England this summer – but I believe it helped create a love for the format between the generation that follows it and maintained the flame,” wrote the former introductory dough.
“It is impossible to compare in every era, but if you look at it, because the T20 came about 20 years ago, it is almost certainly the biggest player when you are considering all three formats.”
Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
May 14, 2025
