Taught me lessons I'll carry for life: Virat Kohli announces retirement from Test cricket
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Mumbai: Indian cricket icon Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday, bringing an end to a remarkable chapter in the sport that redefined India’s dominance in red-ball cricket.
The star batter took to social media to announce his decision. He stated that stepping away from this format of the game is not easy but “it feels right”.
“I have given it everything I had, and it’s given me back so much more than I could have hoped for,” the 36-year-old said.
Kohli shared that he will always look back at this test career with a smile. He spoke of his deep connection to the traditional format, stating,” There’s something deeply personal about playing in whites. The quiet grind, the long days, the small moments that no one sees but that stay with you forever.”
He added: "I’m walking away with a heart full of gratitude — for the game, for the people I shared the field with, and for every single person who made me feel seen along the way."
Kohli has played 210 Test innings, amassing 9,230 runs at an impressive average of over 45. His tally includes 30 centuries and 31 fifties, cementing his legacy as of the finest Test cricketers the sport has seen.
He took over the Test captaincy from MS Dhoni in 2014, embarking on an illustrious eight-year tenure that reshaped India’s approach to the longest format. Under his leadership, India registered 40 wins in 68 Tests — the most by any Indian captain in history.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
