India’s former cricketer and Delhi Ranji Trophy coach Sarandeep Singh has made a shocking revelation about Virat Kohli wanting to continue in the Test format but still he retired. In his last Ranji Trophy game, Sarandeep told that Kohli was looking forward to England Tests and he was even ready to perform in the Test series against England.
Speaking to JioStar, Sarandeep Singh mentioned that Virat Kohli expressed his eagerness to hit 3-4 centuries in England.
“Only he knows the reason (for his retirement). Everyone is shocked,” Sarandeep said.
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“There was no sign of it. Neither did I hear from anyone else about this. Look at the way he is performing in the IPL. He is in good form.
“I asked him if he would play a couple of County Cricket matches before the England tour. He said, ‘No Paaji, I am looking to play India A matches. Two India A matches where I will prepare for the Test series.’ He had a settled plan. Suddenly, seeing him end his red-ball career is surprising. He doesn’t have any fitness issues, no form issues,” he said.
“If you look at the Australia tour, Virat is known for his big runs Down Under. He started with a century and didn’t get it. He was not satisfied with it.
“During the Ranji Trophy, he told me, ‘I want to score three or four hundreds in England. I have to take responsibility being the senior batter in the team’,” the coach added.
At young age Virat expressed his dream to hit 10,000 Test runs, but this will now always remain unfulfilled as he retired just 770 runs before reaching that milestone. He ended his Test career with 9,230 runs in 123 matches and an average below than 50 in the last 5 years. Team India will be playing five match Test series against England starting from June 20 while India A team will play three 4-day practice matches starting from June 1.
