Virat Kohli Retirement Plans (Source: BCCI)
Virat Kohli has been on fire in IPL 2024. He is the leading run-scorer of the tournament, with 661 runs to his name. Kohli single-handedly has kept RCB in the IPL playoff race. The Faf du Plessis-led side will take on CSK in their final league game and a big win should help them qualify for the top 4. RCB were down and out at one stage when they lost seven out of the first eight matches but the team made a massive turnaround and won the following five games, courtesy of Virat Kohli’s remarkable run.
After the IPL, Virat Kohli will feature in the ICC T20 World Cup where the veteran batter will look to help India end their ICC trophy drought. Initially, there were doubts if Kohli would be picked in India’s squad for the mega event as reports stated that selectors were not happy with Kohli’s approach to the game, however, the legendary batter once again proved that a match winner stays a match winner irrespective of the format.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli, 35, might not hang around for long. It is speculated that Virat will hang his boots from limited overs cricket after the T20 World Cup to prolong his Test career and give more time to family. Given his fitness standards, cricket pundits feel Kohli can go on for a few more years in Test cricket. However, there will be a time when Kohli will have to draw curtains on his illustrious career. Kohli has generally stayed tight lipped about his retirement, however, he recently made a massive remark. Kohli said he wants to end his career without having any regrets and wants to give his best till the time he is playing cricket, adding that once he is gone, people won’t see him for a while.
“It’s very simple. I think as a sportsman, we do have a end date to our careers. So I am just going backwards. I dont want to finish my career thinking: ‘Oh what if I have done this on that particular day’ because I can’t keep going one and on forever. So It’s just about not leaving any undone business behind and not having any regrets later, which I am very sure of I won’t. Once I am done, I will be gone, you won’t see me for a while. So I want to give my everything till the time I play and that’s the only thing that keeps me going,” said Kohli in a video posted by RCB.