Would've told Virat Kohli to retire after England tour: Dilip Vengsarkar
Kohli had famously failed to fire in his first Test series in England in 2014 and then, just as famously, scored as many as 655 runs in the 2018 tour in which he was captain. However, he then didn't have a very memorable tour of England subsequently in 2021/22 which included the World Test Championship final. Kohli has scored a total of 1096 runs in 17 Tests that he has played in England at an average of 33.21.
Kohli opened up on his decision to retire from Tests last month while India were touring England. 'I just coloured my beard two days ago. You know it's time when you are colouring your beard every four days,' he said. Both Kohli and Rohit last played any kind of top level cricket in the 2024 season of the IPL. With India not set to play any ODI cricket until the end of the year in Australia and South Africa, the pair are going to be out of action for quite a long time which has contributed in speculation over whether they will be in the selectors' plans at all.
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