Virat Kohli: On June 29, the whole country was celebrating winning the T20 World Cup 2024, when in a short while Team India's legendary batsman Virat Kohli and then captain Rohit Sharma broke the hearts of the fans by retiring from T20 International.

After this, Ravindra Jadeja also retired the very next day. However, in the meantime another big news is coming out, hearing which you too can be heartbroken. Virat Kohli may also announce retirement from ODI cricket soon.

will say goodbye to white ball cricket

It is worth noting that Team India's next ICC assignment is the Champion Trophy in February next year, which is to be held in Pakistan.

This could possibly be Virat Kohli's last white ball tournament. After this, he will completely say goodbye to limited overs cricket. However, his career in Test cricket can still go on for a long time. Let us tell you why Virat can retire from ODI cricket?

That's why Virat Kohli will take sanyaas

Virat Kohli reached Delhi on 4 June morning with the T20 World Cup winning team India after taking a long flight from Barbados.

After this, his whole day was very busy. He met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After this, he took a flight and reached Mumbai. Here he took part in a grand road show on Marine Drive and then also attended the felicitation ceremony at Wankhede Stadium.

Despite this, Kohli took a flight the same night and left for London to meet his family. This shows how much his family means to him. In such a situation, he may say goodbye to ODI cricket to spend more time with his family.

Will prolong test career

Virat Kohli has said many times that Test cricket is the most important for him. Now that Kohli is 35 years old, it will not be possible for him to play both formats of the game continuously. In such a situation, he can prolong his Test career by retiring from ODIs. England's great fast bowler James Anderson also did something similar.

Let us tell you that Virat has scored more than 26000 runs in 530 international matches for India. During this, 80 centuries and 140 half-centuries have come from his bat.