After India’s narrow 22-run defeat to England in the third Test at Lord’s, former India cricketer Madan Lal made an emotional appeal to Virat Kohli to reconsider his recent retirement from Test cricket.
“Virat Kohli’s passion for Indian cricket was unmatched. It’s my wish that he should come back to Test cricket after retirement. There’s nothing wrong with returning. If not in this series, he should make a comeback in the next,” Madan Lal told CricketPredicta.
“From my point of view, he should reverse his retirement. Because he can easily play for 1-2 years. It’s about you passing your experience to the youngsters. You just left it. It’s not too late. Please come back.”
Gill’s Dip in Lord’s Test Surprised Vaughan
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan said Shubman Gill lacked his usual composure in the fourth innings of the Lord’s Test. Despite his superb earlier form — including a double century in Birmingham — Gill scored only 16 and 6 at Lord’s.
“When things got spicy on the third evening, I felt that brought the best out of England for the remainder of the game. Shubman Gill did not look as technically tight or calm as usual when he came out to bat on the fourth evening, but his team fought so hard on Monday in a fabulous Test,” Vaughan wrote in The Telegraph.
