Virat Kohli test retirement reason : Indian cricket legendary batsman Virat Kohli recently retired from Test cricket. He took this decision before the tour of England, which surprised everyone. There are many types of discussions on this decision, and now former English spinner Monty Panesar has made a shocking claim about Kohli’s retirement. Monty Panesar has described a weakness of Virat as the reason for retirement from the test.
Panesar’s big claim on Virat’s retirement
Monty Panesar believes that Kohli’s repeated weakness in playing off-side balls is the main reason for the end of his Test career, which was exposed against James Anderson in 2014. However, Virat had removed his off-side weakness by performing brilliantly on the tour of England in 2018. But in recent years, especially on the tour of Australia, Kohli’s off-side balls, especially the fourth and fifth stump line, came to the fore.
Monty Panesar said in a conversation with PTI, “He was struggling on the ball outside the Kohli of stump, the fifth stump line, especially in Australia with a sharp bouncy pitches. So he might have thought that he would have thought that he would not solve the problem on the ball outside the off stump. I would have thought that he would have thought that he would have been the same about taking all the energy and India for all his energy and India. thought.’
Test cricket brand ambassador
Monty Panesar praised Virat and also described him as the brand ambassador of Test cricket. Panesar said, “He has been a great brand ambassador for Test cricket, Virat probably feels that he has done his best, has achieved everything and perhaps he feels that it is time for the youth to move forward.” Let me tell you, Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on 12 May 2025, which came just before India’s tour of England (starting from 20 June 2025) and a week after captain Rohit Sharma’s retirement. Many people were hoping that Kohli would repeat his 2018 success in England. But he surprised everyone with his decision.