The Indian cricket team has to visit England next month. On this tour, India has to play a 5 -match Test series against the hosts. This Test series will start a few days after the final of the third cycle of the World Test Championship (WTC). The Indian team last went on a tour of England for the Test series in 2021, which ended 2–2. However, the last Test match of the tour was held in 2022 due to the Kovid-19 epidemic, which England won by seven wickets.
BCCI engaged in convincing King Kohli
Now a news has come before the tour of England, which surprised the fans. According to the report, former captain Virat Kohli wants to retire from Test cricket and he has informed the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) about this. However, the BCCI does not want King Kohli to retire from the Test at this time as the team will need their experience especially on the tour of England.
Now the BCCI has come into action mode regarding this whole matter. The board can discuss this alleged decision with Virat Kohli. According to the report of Cricbuzz, a very influential person in Indian cricket has been entrusted with the responsibility to meet Kohli and convince him to stay in this format.
This meeting with Virat Kohli is expected to be just before the selection of the Test team. The announcement of the Test team is likely on May 23 (Friday). Where the selection panel meeting will be held, it has not been decided yet. The BCCI has also planned to hold a press conference to announce the new Test captain. Please tell that Rohit Sharma recently retired from Test career.
It is difficult to guess whether BCCI will be successful in convincing Virat Kohli. However, there is little hope that the person chosen to talk to Kohli can affect him to some extent. The BCCI also wants to know the reason why Kohli suddenly made up his mind to leave this format. The BCCI hopes that King Kohli will definitely take his Test career for at least some time.
Anyway, Virat Kohli has reached close to 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Kohli is just 770 runs away from acquiring this milestone. King Kohli has played 121 Test matches so far. During this, he has scored 9230 runs at an average of 46.85. Kohli has scored 30 centuries and 31 half -centuries in the Test.
Indo-England Series schedule (2025)
20-24 June: First Test, Headingley
2-6 July: Second Test, Birmingham
10-14 July: Third Test, Lords
23-27 July: Fourth Test, Manchester
31 July-4 August: Fifth Test, The Oval
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