“It’s time to leave”: Intensive chat of Virat Kohli with Ravi Shastri before retirement, give details

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri on Thursday revealed that he spoke to Virat Kohli before a later shock test retirement, saying that the experienced did not regret the gesture with his career and he felt that he had given all that in a long format for his country. Kohli called the curtain on his Test career on Monday, May 12, despite India’s five-Test tour in June, fast-up in June. Kohli ends as one of the best test batsmen of his generation, with 9230 runs in the format – the fourth best by an Indian batsman – and 30 test centuries.

Kohli and Shastri formed one of the most successful Captain-Koch Duos in Indian Test cricket history, and later confirmed reports that the star batter reached the world before announcing his decision to the world.

“I talked to him about it, I think a week ago [his announcement] And his mind was very clear that he had given us everything, “Shastri told Sanjana Ganason in the ICC review.

“There was no regrets. There were one or two questions that I asked, and this is a personal conversation that you know very clearly, there was no doubt in his mind, which I think, ‘Yes, time is right’. Mana has told his body that it is time to go.”

Kohli is India’s most successful Test skipper, with 40 of the 68 tests, which he captained 13 further from the second best MS Dhoni. As a player, Kohli is known for his intense, heart-permeated approach to the game, and Shastri believes that such an approach came with a limit.

“If he decided to do something, he gave his 100 percent, which is not easy to match,” Shastri said. “Personally, as a bowler, as a batsman.

“A player does his job, [and] Then you sit back. But [with Kohli] When the team goes out, it seems as if it has to take all the wickets, it will have to take all the catches, it will have to take all the decisions on the field.

“This is a lot of participation, I think if he does not relax, then there is going to be a burnout somewhere, if he does not give the box then how much he wants to play in the forms, it is bound to be a burnout.”

Shastri said that the nature of Kohli’s stardom, which constantly attracts the eyeball, takes a toll and contributes to that burnout.

Shastri said, “He has been praised worldwide. He has a bigger than any other cricketer in the last decade.” “Is it Australia, whether it is South Africa, it only got people to watch the game. A love-grooming relationship was.”

“They will be angry because they also had the ability to get under the viewer’s skin. The way he celebrated, you know that their intensity was such that it was like a grain.”

“It spread very quickly, not only inside the dressing room, but also for people watching cricket inside the living room. So it was an infectious personality.”

Despite this, Shastri admitted that he was surprised by Kohli’s decision. “Virat surprised me because I felt that he had at least two-three years of Test match cricket,” he said.

“But then, when you get mentally fried and overcook, this tells your body. You can be a physically qualified man in business. You can be fitter than half of your team, but mentally you are done well, as they say, it sends a message to the body. You know, you know that it is.”

In the Shastri-Kohli era, the Test Arina saw some of India’s most famous achievements, with a historic first-first Test series win in Australia, the back-to-back series win in the West Indies, and a 22-year drought to win a series in Sri Lanka.

The team was also highly competitive in South Africa and England, which in the circumstances in the circumstances that corresponds to the fire of domestic nations which were traditionally not favorable for sub-media teams.

Shastri credited Kohli for a large part of him.

“Many times when you leave the game, you know, and after a month or two you say,” I wish I had done this, I wish I had done it. “

,[Kohli] He has done everything. He has captained the sides, he has won the World Cup, he has won the Under -19 World Cup [2008] she herself. I mean, there is nothing to achieve it, “he concluded.

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