Just a day after retiring from Test cricket, India's cricketing superstar Virat Kohli, accompanied by his wife Anushka Sharma, paid a visit to Vrindavan. On Tuesday, they sought the blessings of spiritual leader Premanand Maharaj. According to reports, Kohli and Anushka engaged in a 15-minute conversation with the Maharaj, although they stayed at the ashram for approximately two hours.
This wasn't the first occasion when Kohli and Anushka visited Premanand Maharaj. Earlier in 2023 and later in January of the same year, they also visited Vrindavan.
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Retirement Announced Just a Day Prior
To be noted, Virat Kohli took to social media platform Instagram on Monday to announce his retirement from Test cricket. Over a 14-year span, he played 123 matches, scoring 9230 runs with 30 hundreds. Kohli, aged 36, last appeared in a Test match during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on the Australia tour, where India unfortunately faced a 1-3 series loss.
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During the series, Kohli managed to notch up a century in the Perth Test but struggled in subsequent matches. His retirement came at a critical time, just as selectors were about to announce the team for the upcoming 5-Test series in England. Notably, Kohli had already retired from T20 Internationals last year.
Virat Kohli's International Cricket Career
123 Tests, 210 innings, 9230 runs, 46.85 average, 30 centuries, 31 half-centuries.
302 ODIs, 290 innings, 14181 runs, 57.88 average, 51 centuries, 74 half-centuries.
125 T20s, 117 innings, 4188 runs, 48.69 average, 1 century, 38 half-centuries.
