Virat Kohli is regarded as one of the most incredible batters of his era in all cricketing formats and a successful captain who has led the Indian cricket team in a total of 213 matches until now, winning 40 out of 68 matches innings. Captaining first in a Test series, Virat became the first Indian skipper to win the series on Sri Lankan grounds.
Looking at his present form, the main question arises- Is Virat Kohli retiring soon?
Cricketing experts Ricky Ponting and Kevin Pietersen suggested him to take a break from the game. In contrast, the former Indian coach Ravi Shastri declared him “overcooked” and therefore meant the same to go for a break.
Currently, looking at the crisis, the Indian cricket team is going through, including the ODI series with England, Virat taking a break might have a lousy whack on the home team. Virat added that before retiring from the team, he wants to confirm that the team is in a good and stable state with vigorous individuals in the group.
If not soon, then will Virat retire in the next upcoming years? Here are the wordings of Kapil Dev, who clearly mentioned that if a player isn’t performing well, he must be dropped off from the squad.
“I haven’t played much cricket like Virat. But sometimes you may not have played enough cricket but you can look to figure things out. Either that, or we just cannot criticize such great players. We have played cricket and we understand the game and after that, they have to improve their thought process, not ours.“
“If you prove us wrong, we will like it. If you don’t score runs, we feel there is some fault. We just see one thing and that’s your performance. And if the performance is not good, don’t expect people to stay quiet. Your bat and your performance must speak, nothing else”
