An inquiry, but Kohli was done with format he loved
Mumbai, May 13 -- Before Virat Kohli dropped his Instagram post to tell the world he was done with Test cricket, a leading Indian cricket official made a polite inquiry, asking him if he had thought long and hard about the decision.
"As I step away from this format, it's not easy - but it feels right," Kohli wrote. And with that, the 36-year-old called curtains to a career spanning 123 Tests of fierce desire - 68 of them as India's most successful captain. It is understood, Kohli had initiated a conversation with chief selector Ajit Agarkar in April, during the course of IPL that he wanted to retire, according to one BCCI official. "Then, Kohli was told to wait and think it through," the official said.
Given the former captain's stature and...
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