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Several fans and experts are still in disbelief over the fact that despite being supreme fit and capable enough to pile up runs, superstar Virat Kohli announced his retirement from the longest format of the game before the Test series against England.
There have been so many speculations from several cricket experts over the development. Former England spinner Monty Panesar, who is known for his controversial statements, has recently joined the bandwagon.
According to Panesar, Kohli would have found it tougher to deal with the moving ball around the off-stump than his previous tours of England.
"With Kohli, what has happened is that against the ball outside the off stump, the fifth stump line, especially in Australia on fast bouncy pitches he was struggling. So he probably thought maybe the fact that in England it is going to swing a lot more, he'll probably hasn't worked out solutions in that corridor of uncertainty . And I think that's probably been one of the reasons why he thought to retire and put all his energy with RCB and ODI cricket for India. Kohli had the answers to bounce back in 2018 but to do the same at this stage of his career would naturally be much tougher," said Panesar who played 50 Tests and helped England to a rare Test series win in India back in 2012.
"I think he's done very well as a cricketer in all formats. He has been a brilliant ambassador for Test cricket. He probably feels that he's done his best, he's achieved everything and probably feels like it's time for the youngsters to step up. It would a lot tougher for Kohli to repeat the same performances in 2018. Just simple fact that he's been struggling over the last 12 to 18 months with that ball outside off stump. He hasn't got a solution for that, you know problem that he has on fourth and fifth stump," he added.
