The Indian test team in the near future will not have any player wearing the jersey No. 18, belonging to the legendary virat Kohli over the past 14 years, although the Bengal sailor Mukesh Kumar has been saw the famous “No. 18” during the first unofficial “test” Between India and England lions in Canterbury.
While Kohli still did not leave ODIS, where we would see the most important cricket of the most important No. 18 India Blues, it is understood that, as in the case of Sachin Tendulkar (jersey no. 10) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Jersey no.
Mukesh is not part of the test team and it is understood that even if he was selected as a replacement, his jersey number would be 49, the one he was wearing during the debut of the senior team in West India.
“Mukesh was wearing no. 18 during the opening match“ Test ”versus lions. But as far as India is concerned, there are no fixed numbers because the jerseys have no names. Anyone can choose any random number. The jersey numbers are sacred only for international games, ”BCCI leader said PTI.
The Indian test group will have two new members in B Sai Sudharsan and Arshdeep Singh, but it is understood that the jersey numbers have been assigned to them are different. There is no formal way in the Indian cricket to retire a specific jersey issue, but some famous figures are worn by players who come to the team later.
There was one case when Shardul Thakur wore jersey 10 in the ODI match in Sri Lanka, and the fans did not take too much to do so, which forced Shardula to change his jersey number. But when Dhoni occurred, no one else wore No. 7 after leaving the international cricket. The nature of Kohli’s contribution to the Indian cricket and the mass attraction he enjoys is difficult to imagine that someone else wears this jersey No. 18 in any format of the game.
Published on:
2 June 2025
Tune
