England legend makes big remark on Virat Kohli's retirement plans, says 'got a young family now'

England cricketing legend Michael Vaughan opened up on Virat Kohli's retirement ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. Former England opener reckoned that Kohli will play for long considering his fitness. India star batter was recently featured in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 where he ended his campaign as the highest run-getter of the tournament. 

Kohli scored 741 runs in 15 outings of the tournament with a strike rate of 154.69 and his highest score was 113* which came against Rajasthan Royals(RR). 

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Michael Vaughan on Virat Kohli

"A brilliant season. You talk about retirement with Virat Kohli, I look at this in a way that he can play for long. He is that fit. Unless his mind goes and he's obviously got a young family now. In two-three years' time, everything changes, and he just wants to spend quiet time; I completely get that," Vaughan said on Cricbuzz.

Kohli will now feature in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 which is scheduled to start from June 2, hosted by the USA and West Indies. India will play a warmup match against Bangladesh before the T20 World Cup 2024. Rohit Sharma & Co. will play their tournament opener clash against Ireland on June 5. 

However, Kohli will likely to miss the warmup match because he has taken a mini-break from cricket after Royal Challengers Bengaluru's exit from IPL 2024 playoffs.

Sports Tak has learned from its sources that Virat Kohli will be leaving from India on the morning of May 30. The star cricketer even asked BCCI to keep his visa appointment for a later date as he wanted some time off after IPL. As for now, Rohit Sharma has left for the US with Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Suryakumar Yadav, and Kuldeep Yadav. 

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Vaughan opined that the way Virat adores normal life may take him away from cricket. After the ODI World Cup 2023, Kohli missed the entire Test series against England citing personal reasons and he was seen spending time with family in London. 

"During his time away from the India vs England Test series, I believe he went to London and led a normal life. I've read a few of his comments and quotes and he just absolutely adored that normal life. I think that may take Virat away from cricket, like he just wants to go and have a quiet time for a while."

India T20 World Cup Squad

Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj.

Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan

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