VIRAT KOHLI: Greater India tells BCCI that he wants to retire from the cricket test before the England series Cricket news

Verat Kohli has told the Cricket Game of India (BCCI) that he wanted to retire from the cricket test before this summer series in England, as Sky Sports News understands.

BCCI refused to comment when approaching Sky Sports News, but he did not oppose that Kohli informed them of his retirement plans.

It is understood that 36-year-old told Ajet Ajarcar’s chiefs in April of his desire to get away before the start of the World Championship tournament from 2025-2027 in June.

Agarkar and another BCCI official will meet again, but these plans are in a state of forgetfulness due to the escalation of tensions on the Indian Pakistani border.

India will face the Ben Stock team in five games, starting with Hideengley on June 20 and is interested in Kia Oval as of July 31.

Kohli scored 9,230 runs, including 30 hundred and 31 tablets, at a rate of 46.85 in his tests 123, 68 of which were as a leader.

The average number of mixture was only more than 32 years old to test the cricket game in the past two years, and its horn against Australia last November was the first since July 2023.

However, India has allocated the Kohli experience as a key against England, especially with Captain Rohit Sharma’s retirement from just a cricket test itself.

A source told Sky Sports News that Kohli informed BCCI of his plans before Rohit’s retirement, but he feels it’s time to move away.

Shubman Gill is the candidate that replaces Rohit as a leader, although Seam Bowler Jasprit Bumrah is the team leader and stood in Rohit in Australia when he missed the first test on paternity vacation and dropped himself for the fifth.

England test schedule against India

All games at 11 am in the United Kingdom and Ireland; All of them live on Sky Sports

• The first test: Friday, June 20 – June 24 – Hideengley
• The second test: Wednesday 2 July – July 6 – Edgbaston
• The third test: Thursday, July 10 – July 14 – Lord
• Fourth test: Wednesday 23 – July 27 – UAE Old Trafford
• Fifth test: Thursday, July 31 – August 4 – Kia Owfal