Indian cricket team superstar player Virat Kohli’s sudden retirement from Test cricket shook many former cricketers along with fans. However, some English cricketers believe that Virat Kohli retired from the Test for fear of flopping on England tour. In this episode, former England spinner Monty Panesar also believes that Kohli retired to escape from the upcoming England tour.
The Indian cricket team is set to face England in the five -match Test series starting on June 20. Prior to this series, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired, due to which Shubman Gill was made the new Test captain and players like Sai Sudarshan and Karun Nair were given a place in the Test.
Panesar claimed that the former Indian captain may have been given an ultimatum by the team management and so he decided to get out of the tour by stopping his Test career. Panesar told Hindustan Times, “I think he was definitely going to play. I think England expected, everyone was expecting him to play. Do not expect, so he might be thinking, okay, I am okay to retire and give a chance to the youth. “
Apart from this, Panesar said that India has a great chance to win if his middle order, especially Karun Nair and Shubman Gill perform well. He said, “It will depend on how Karun Nair performs, he scored a double century against England Lions. How he and Shubman Gill Batting in the middle order.
