Virat Kohli meets with Indian skipper, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant

Virat Kohli Invited a Few Indian Team Members To His House

Virat Kohli has retired from test cricket with immediate effect. He has been the most successful captain of India in test cricket. He has won 40 test matches for India as captain. Not just the numbers, Virat Kohli’s passion and his impact in changing the culture in India for test cricket make him one of the most successful captains of Team India in this format.

Virat Kohli, after his retirement, lives in England as he might need privacy and free access to go out with his family, which is not possible now in India. Although there is no official confirmation that the former India captain permanently lives in England, he often visits the country nowadays. Now, he has invited a few members of the Indian test team who are in England for a five-match test series.

As per the media reports, some of the members who visited Kohli’s London house are new captain Shubman Gill, vice captain Rishabh Pant, and Mohammad Siraj. It is learnt from the reports that he invited the players for a bonding session and for the strategy chats for the upcoming England tests. The conversion has not been disclosed in the media.

Virat Kohli’s Passion for Test Cricket Is Still Alive

Despite announcing retirement from the longest format, Virat Kohli’s passion to help the young cricketers is still alive. His inputs and insights will help Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant, who have been a part of the leadership group. The former Indian captain has done well as captain in the SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia) countries. He became the first Indian captain to win a test series in Australia. In 2021, India toured England for a five-match test series. The 5th test of the series was postponed due to COVID-19. Before the 5th test, India were leading the series 2-1 (one draw) and were in a great position to win the game in the first test as well.

Meeting Virat Kohli before the start of the series will help the new captain, Shubman Gill, going ahead. The former India captain will share his experience and can give inputs on how to approach the captaincy duties in test cricket.

Virat Kohli’s Test Captaincy Record

As we said earlier, Virat Kohli is the most successful test captain of India. He has led the Indian test team in 68 games and won 40. The former captain has lost 17 tests, while 11 tests ended in a draw. His last test as captain was in 2022.

Virat Kohli brings the fast bowling culture to India’s test team. Team India has won many games at home on the strength of its fast bowlers. It was not the case earlier, as the Indian test team used to rely on the spinners to win games at home. He even won quite a few tests outside Asia with the fast bowling unit. He also brings the fitness culture to Indian cricket as captain. Let’s see how things panned out for this new test team and much value Virat Kohli can add with his meeting.

Team India has managed to draw the series 2-2 last time around in England. They will look to go one step further this time and want to win the series.