Kohli has now said goodbye to T20 and Test cricket.
Former Indian cricket team captain and veteran batsman Virat Kohli is one of the best batsmen in the world. There is hardly any record in the cricket book that Virat Kohli has not broken.
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However, now 36-year-old Kohli has announced his retirement from T20 cricket and Test cricket. He will now be seen playing only ODI cricket for the Indian team. So, at the same time, fans were expecting that Kohli would be seen performing brilliantly in the five-match Test series against England starting from June 20, but during IPL 2025, Kohli surprised everyone by announcing his retirement from Test cricket.
Virat Kohli: Before the start of the Indian team’s tour of England
On the other hand, before the start of the Indian team’s tour of England, former England cricket team captain and player Michael Atherton has made a big statement about Virat Kohli. Let us tell you that Atherton praised Kohli fiercely during a discussion with Sky Sports before the England-India Test series and said – he is one of the greatest batsmen in the world who has played cricket on earth.
Well, now it will be interesting to see how Team India is going to perform under the leadership of Shubman Gill in the absence of Virat Kohli as well as Rohit Sharma? The first match of the Test series will be played at Leeds, Headingley from June 20.
Team India for the upcoming 5 match Test series against England:
Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akashdeep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav
Full cricketing schedule of England vs India Test series
First Test 20-24 June – Headingley, Leeds
Second Test 2-6 July – Edgbaston, Birmingham
Third Test 10-14 July – Lord’s, London
Fourth Test 23-27 July – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
Fifth Test 31 July – 4 August – Kingston Oval, London
