Mumbai, May 16 -- Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has revealed he spoke to Virat Kohli ahead of the latter's shock Test retirement.
Kohli called curtains on his Test career on May 12, despite India's five-Test tour of England in June fast-approaching. Kohli finishes as one of the finest Test batters of his generation, with 9230 runs in the format - the fourth-best by an Indian batter - and 30 Test centuries.
Kohli and Shastri formed one of the most successful captain-coach duos in Indian Test cricket history, and the latter has now confirmed reports that the star batter reached out to him ahead of announcing his decision to the world.
"I did speak to him about it, I think a week before that his announcement and his mind was very cle...