Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket
Batting great Virat Kohli announced his immediate retirement from Test cricket on Monday, just days before India name their squad for a tour to England.
Batting great Virat Kohli announced his immediate retirement from Test cricket on Monday, just days before India name their squad for a tour to England.
|| ICC||-Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has called time on his career in the Test format.
Batsmen Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan on Monday returned to India's central contract list after a year's absence, the cricket board said, while wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was promoted to Grade A.
Indian batting star Virat Kohli has hinted that his recent tour of Australia might be his last but reassured fans that he has no plans to retire soon, as his love for the game remains strong.
Saudi Arabia is reportedly developing a groundbreaking global T20 league, backed by SRJ Sports Investments with a $500 million fund.
India skipper Rohit Sharma on Sunday said he is "not retiring" from one-day international cricket after leading his team to a record third Champions Trophy title in Dubai.
Virat Kohli is set for his 300th ODI on Sunday in the latest landmark for the Indian batting great after silencing doubts over his form and future with a match-winning Champions Trophy century.
Reigning Twenty20 World Cup champions India have been in top form across all formats, vice-captain Shubman Gill said Tuesday, dismissing his side's Test defeat in Australia as a one-off.
The man set to become one of cricket's most powerful figures as head of India's board enjoys close ties to the country's ruling party and is something of an unknown among fans after a modest playing career.
India contemplated Test cricket without Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma on Monday after the star duo again failed to fire in the bruising series defeat to Australia.
India captain Rohit Sharma said Saturday he stood down from the decisive ongoing fifth Australia Test because he was not in form but insisted he was not retiring.
Ravichandran Ashwin has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket following the conclusion of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane.