Virat Kohli announced his Test retirement on Monday (April 12) and ended his Test retirement post with ‘#269, signing off.’ The annoucemnet came ahead of India’s tour of England 2025. The number 269 in Virat Kohli’s Test retirement post denotes his Test cap number as he was the 269th player to make his Test debut for India.
Which two players made their Test debut with Virat Kohli?
Abhinav Mukund and Praveen Kumar made their Test debut alongside Virat Kohli on June 20, 2011 against West Indies in Kingston. Mukund was the 268th player to make his Test debut for India, while Praveen wears cap #270 for the Men in Blue.
A total of 316 players have made their Test debut for India so far, with Harshit Rana being the latest in the list.
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A look at Virat Kohli’s stats in Test Cricket
Virat Kohli has scored a whopping 9230 runs in 123 Test matches for India across 15 years. He has remained not out 13 times in 210 innings and has faced 16,608 balls in red-ball cricket for the Men in Blue. The 36-year-old batter averages 46.85 and has a strike rate of 55.57 in the longest format of the game.
Virat has 30 Test centuries and 31 half-centuries in whites for India. He has also belted 1027 fours and smashed 30 sixes since making his debut in 2011. The star Indian player has 121 catches to his name in Test cricket.
The former Indian skipper made his Test cricket debut against West Indies on June 20, 2011 at Kingston. He had a poor outing on his debut, scoring 4 and 15 runs in both innings. Virat Kohli played his last test match against Australia in Sydney between Jan 3 and 5. He scored 17 runs in the first innings and 6 runs in the second as the hosts defeated India by 6 wickets.
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