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With a few days to go before the five -party test series in India in England begins at Leeds, the legendary Cricleter Geoffrey Boycott has given a shocking statement on the retirement of the Kohli and Rohit Sharma bouquet icons of the longest format of the game.
Last month, Kohli and Rohit Sharma retired from the test cricket, leaving a large gap on the Indian test team. While BCCI handed over the test captaincy to Shubman Gill after Rohit’s retirement, which was expected, given his age and form, what would really affect them is Kohli’s absence.
Kohli’s spiral retirement hurts India more than in Rohit Sharma’s: Geoffrey Boycot
The legendary cricketter of England said that India’s possibilities to win the next series of tests have been massive due to the iconic retreat of Kohli, saying that the team of ex -chic will be really lost by the team, since it has long been the pillar for more than a decade.
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Kohli retired from the tests with 9,230 runs in 123 games and as the largest Indian test captain. His coherence, his Fernesa, the electricity and the intense dominion in moments of pressure made him a dangerous rival in the best.
Well, Boycott thinks Kohli was not just a better performer, but also the heart of the Indian cricket heart, whose presence only lifted the entire team.
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Geoffrey Boycott wrote in his column for the Daily Telegraph: “Retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma hurts the possibilities that India surpassed England. Kohli is the largest loss, since he has been the best Batsman and the talisman in the three formats. With so much international cricket interpreted by India and so little, he takes his tube and so short, mind becomes tired. ”
Rohit, who finished his test career with 4301 runs in 67 games, had a solid but slightly inconsistent career in recent years. However, the boycott praised Hitman’s elegant game and leadership, but suggested that Kohli’s retirement is a much greater loss for India than Rohit’s.
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The legendary and broader broadcaster further explained: “No matter how much talent or experience you have; if you are not mentally fresh and for the challenge, it was drained. Rohit was an excellent Batsman.”
“At its best, a beautiful stroke player, but Kohli will not miss so much because his test record was good instead of exceptional. In the last two years, his shake was a bit inconsistent, which was not surprising in the late 1930’s.”
Rohit Sharma was never a natural athlete like Kohli – Geoffrey Boycott
English also believes that Rohit, unlike Kohli, was not a natural athlete, and the constant pressure to deal with the new ball, especially in English conditions, and lead India in tests and hatred ended him.
Boycott added: “Rohit was never a natural athlete like Kohli, and he knows that opening tickets in England can be quite hard because the new ball moves more. You really have to be the challenge of having a successful chance. I just think that over time the wear and tear of opening the entrances and being captain in all three formats was missed.”
In the end, the former Cricerter said that England should win the next series of home tests against India, but they must use some common sense. He said that in England he sometimes plays an exciting and very nice cricket, but his reckless battle has lost their test matches.
