Virat Kohli wanted to retire on May 7, BCCI told him to wait because of the Sindoor operation: Report

Virat Kohli’s test career ended on Monday. With an emotional message on Instagram, the Captain of the Old Indian Cricket team lowered the curtains in a famous test jet career who saw that he scaled many summits. Virat Kohli ended his test career in an average of 46.85 in 123 tests 9230. Now, Virat Kohli will play only in ODIs after retiring from the T20I format after India’s 2024 T20 World Cup victory.

Star dough retirement is approaching the heels of Rohit Sharma’s retirement on May 7. Indian Express Virat Kohli, who will believe, wanted to declare his retirement on the same day through social media. However, according to the report, Kohli “Sindoor operation and Pakistan with the military conflict continued in full speed before the announcement of the statement was recommended to wait a few days before the announcement.”

After the ceasefire was declared a ceasefire between India and Pakistan on Saturday, May 10, the report announced that Kohli would soon make its decision to BCCI and selections and retired from tests on Monday. In the report, the desire to spend more time with his family is an important factor behind the decision, he added. In the last year, Kohli, his wife and actor Anushka Sharma often flew to England to be with his daughter Vamika and his son Akaay.

After the loss of 1-3 to Australia on the Australian border of India, BCCI sent a directive restricting the number of days when family members will be allowed with the staff. Kohli was apparently not satisfied with the decision.

Kohli, in an event during the IPL 2025, “It is very difficult to explain the role of the family. He said.

“I don’t think people don’t understand what value it brings.

“So, for me, this is definitely a tremendous day of pleasure. I will not miss any opportunity to go out with my family as much as possible. I am quite disappointed because people who do not control what is happening are brought to conversations and brought to the forefront ‘oh, maybe they need to be kept away’.