India and Pakistan came to an understanding after multiple days of drone strikes and shelling.
India’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai mentioned Virat Kohli’s retirement during the press briefing on Monday.
Prior to the five-match Test series against England next month, it was reported that the former captain of India has informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) of his intention to retire.
Kohli had made his Test debut in 2011 against the West Indies in Jamaica and went on to play 123 Tests for India. He scored 9,230 runs at an average of 46.85, including 30 fifties and 31 centuries, with a highest score of 254 not out.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai mentioned Virat Kohli’s Test retirement in his brief. He called him one of his favorites.
In addition to the same, Ghai also talked about the terror of Australian pacers Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee during the 1970 Ashes against England. He used a cricketing analogy tributed to Lillee and Thomson and stated that same thing was applicable to Indian armed forces.
“Targeting our airfields and logistics is way too tough… I saw that Virat Kohli has just retired from test cricket; he is one of my favorites. In the 1970s, during the Ashes between Australia and England, two Australian bowlers destroyed the batting lineup of England, and then Australia gave a proverb – “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if Thommo don’t get ya, Lillee must". If you see the layers, you’ll understand what I am trying to say. Even if you crossed all the layers, one of the layers of this grid system will hit you," DGMO Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai said at the press briefing on Monday.