Mumbai: As soon as star batter Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket, his fans, fellow teammates, and family members flooded social media with heartfelt tribute to him.
His sister Bhavana and brother Vikas kept the notes filled with praise for the former captain of former India.
Taking on Instagram, Bhavna wrote, “Travel of pride, journey of hard work, feelings, difficult times and many praise, a journey that swells all our hearts with pride and respect, you really deserve all the adorable and praise! God loves you.”
Vikas shared some pictures of Virat in the White Jersey and captioned him, “Always proud.”
He said, “Is an incredible travel shampoo … what you have done for the game cannot be replaced. Always proud of you,” he said.
On Monday morning, Kohli took on his Instagram handle and announced his decision to retire from the longest format of the game.
It has been 14 years when I first wore Bagi Blue in Test cricket. Honestly, I never imagined this journey that this format would take me. This tested me, shaped me, and taught me a lesson that I will take for life. Something deep is individual about playing in whites. Cool pieces, long days, short moments that no one sees, but he stays with you forever, “Kohli wrote on Instagram.
“As I am away from this format, it’s not easy – but it seems right. I have given it everything that I had, and it is very much given to me as much as I could expect. I am going away with gratitude -filled heart – for sports, for people, the way I share the field, I think I am looking for my test career.
In his test career, the 36 -year -old performed 123 in white clothes, scoring an average of 46.85 to score 31 fifty and 254*in 30 centuries and 210 innings.
He is the fourth highest run-run-match in India, behind Sachin Tendulkar (15,921 runs), Rahul Dravid (13,265 runs) and Sunil Gavaskar (10,122 runs). He made his Test debut against the West Indies in June 2011.
While his first Test tour was a great disappointment with just 76 runs in five innings, a young Virat made a name for himself with some serious, counter -attack in the coming days.
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His rise as a test player began in 2012 with his first tonne against Australia in Adelaide, when he scored 116 runs in 116 balls in 213 balls. An tour where no one could touch 300 runs for another India and Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Luxman, and Virender Sehwag saw a shadow in the shadow of their leading Celefs, in a shadow with 300 runs.
Between 2011 and 2015, he scored 2,994 runs in 41 tests at an average of 44.03, with 12 centuries and 12 half -centuries in 72 innings.
Between 2016 and 2019, Virat had one of the strongest batting prime for a Test cricketer, scoring 4,208 runs in 43 tests of 66.79, with 10 fifty and 254*best score in 16 centuries and 69 innings.
It also included seven double centenary, which was the highest by a captain in Test cricket history. Nevertheless, superstar has not been great for superstar batter in the 2020s, scored just 2,028 runs in 39 tests at an average of 30.72, shown in 69 innings with only three centuries and nine fifty.
Their number received a great boost in 2023, where he scored 671 runs on an average of 55.91 on an average, with two centuries and two half -centuries in two centuries and 12 innings. During this entire time limit, Virat struggled with some notable weaknesses in the format, especially against delivery against the off-stump line and against the spinner.
He finished on a shocking average of 22.47 with just 382 runs in 10 tests last year, with just one century and fifty in 19 innings.
His last Test outing was the Border-Gavaskar Trophy tour in Australia since November-January, where he scored just 190 runs in nine innings of 23.75, with a highlight in his century in Perth.
This was his first since July 2023, when he hit a tonne against the West Indies in Port of Spain in 2023. In addition, his last century at home came against Australia during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad in early 2023.
Virat’s career has been about overcoming many failures and taking Indian cricket to a new height. During the Australia Tour in 2014-15, to break an extreme Australian attack led by Mitchell Johnson for 692 runs, including four centuries, to guide India for the ICC World Test Championship Mac, like a dream in 2018, a dream, during a dream, after a five-fifty runs, five fifty runs, after five fifty runs, after five fifty runs. With the Centurion, Melbourne, Perth, Edgbaston and some world -class knock at their home, the 36 -year -old has given tons to fans to play and cherish forever.
