I Would've Made Him Captain, Straightaway After Australia: Shastri on Kohli
- Ajit Agarkar announced that Virat Kohli informed the BCCI in April about his retirement from Test cricket.
- Ravi Shastri stated that better communication was needed regarding Kohli's captaincy and expressed regret about how the situation unfolded.
- Shastri mentioned he would have made Kohli the Test captain immediately after the Australia series if he had any influence in the decision.
- India, led by Gill, will start the Test series against England in Leeds on June 20th.
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Former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri is very sad about Virat Kohli's sudden retirement from Tests. Shastri says that Ajit Agarkar's selection committee lost an opportunity by not making Kohli the captain of the Test team.

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