Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has opened up about a conversation he had with Virat Kohli just a week before the star batter’s unexpected retirement from Test cricket.
It was a Monday that shook Indian cricket fans to the core. Just weeks before India’s much-anticipated five-Test tour of England, Virat Kohli, one of the modern greats of the game, announced his retirement from Test cricket.
As Virat Kohli walks away from Test cricket, a chapter closes not just in his career but in the history of Indian sport.
Cricketer Virat Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma visited the ashram of Sant Premanand Maharaj at Sri Radhe Hit Keli Kunj here on Tuesday.
As Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket, actor Anil Kapoor recalled his meeting with the cricketer during the shoot of "Dil Dhadakna Do".
Kapoor, who is known for his own relentless energy and discipline in the film industry, couldn't help but draw parallels between their respective journeys.
Alongside a rare, never-seen-before photo of a young Kohli in his early domestic cricket days, dressed in a National Cricket Academy jersey, Anurag penned a heartfelt note.
From leading India to historic overseas triumphs to scoring match-defining centuries under pressure, Kohli defined an era that was left void by the retirements of the big five — Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir and Kohli’s idol, Sachin Tendulkar, led the flood of emotional reactions on social media.
“They’ll talk about the records and milestones,” she wrote on Instagram, “but I’ll remember the tears you never showed, the battles no one saw."
