‘When you’re mentally fried and overcooked…’: Ravi Shastri on Virat Kohli’s retirement decision

Former India coach Ravi Shastri said that he was surprised by Virat Kohli’s decision to hang up his boots in the Tests, saying that he believed that the batter had another 2-3 years left in him. But Shastri said that Kohli was also “mentally fried and overcooked” which led him to take the decision.

“I did speak to him about it, I think a week before that [his announcement] and his mind was very clear that he’d given us everything. There were no regrets. Virat surprised me because I thought he had at least two-three years of Test match cricket left in him. But then, when you’re mentally fried and overcooked, that’s what tells your body. You might be physically the fittest guy in the business. You might be fitter than half the guys in your team, but mentally you’re well done, as they say, then it sends a message to the body. You know, that’s it,” Shastri said on the ICC Review.

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