"Surprised he bail": Monty Panesar indicates the real reason behind Virat Kohli's test exit | Mint

Virat Kohli announced its retirement from Test cricket last month and sent shockwaves through the world of cricket. The retirement of the veteran batter came shortly after his captain Rohit Sharma made a similar decision, and just before the announcement of the BCCI’s squad for the five-match England series. However, former English cricketer Monty Panesar said England expects Kohli to play in the Test series, but that Indian management may have advised veteran batsman that his recurring problem outside the stump could lead him to play all the matches in England. Panesar said with Hindustan Times: ‘I think he’s definitely going to play. I think England expected, everyone expected him to play. I’m surprised that he’s going well. But the fact that he is out of the bump, he just thinks, you know, they may have had a word with him. Just call it a day and give the youngsters a turn, “Especially, Kohli struggled with deliveries outside the outside stump, and regularly fishing balls in the fourth or fifth stump region and haltered them to the keeper. Although Kohli looked over this weakness at some point, it recently raised, especially during the border gavascar trophy. Place for India? Panesar also answered who should be the new number four for India now that Kohli has retired from Test cricket. is very well done.