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ICC World Cup Championships: Salil Ankola, former India cricketer and national selector, said Virat Kohli’s Test retirement came as a ‘kind of shock’ to him, saying that he had hoped to see the talismanic batter reach the landmark of 10,000 runs in the longest format of the game.

On Monday, Kohli announced that he’s ended his 14-year Test career with immediate effect, bringing down curtains in an illustrious career, where he amassed 9230 runs in 123 matches at an average of 46.85 – making him the fourth-highest run-getter in Tests for India after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar.

“I just came to know the news about 5 minutes back and still trying to get over it. Nobody thought he would announce it, as I was expecting him to go to England. I mean, this has come just all of a sudden, like Rohit also retires, and now Virat also retires. Two senior members gone – one an opener and other in the middle order. So, it's kind of a shock to me also. I was expecting them to go to England and then take their call later.”