Wow! In Mullanpur last night, Virat Kohli was present. He was always right in the face of the opposition and celebrated every Punjab Kings wicket as if it were his own. However, seeing vintage Kohli was both pleasing and disheartening. Frustrating because it will never occur in Test cricket. Before he vanishes for at least four months, Kohli has only one game remaining. Following his retirement from Test cricket, we wouldn't see him on the cricket pitch again until October 19, when India would visit Australia for a short-overs tour, which would include five Twenty20 Internationals and three One Day Internationals.

Despite the fact that it's been 18 days, it's still hard to accept that Kohli will never again play Test cricket for India. However, the cause was clear if one paid close attention to the IPL game between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Punjab Kings last night. The dreaded ball outside off-stump. In early April, Kohli contacted the BCCI and its chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar to let them know that he wants to give up playing Test cricket. And despite the extensive discussion surrounding the choice, India's most accomplished Test captain had no cause to make such a move at the age of 36.

Or was it there?

Although it may be hard to accept, Kohli unintentionally disclosed the cause of his choice. Kohli got off to a flying start with a boundary off the first ball, and he was quickly out edging a ball from Josh Hazlewood outside the off stump to Josh Inglis for 12 runs. The fact that Kohli, who has been afflicted by this problem in Test cricket time and time again, succumbed to it in white-ball formats as well enraged supporters. A few of the responses are listed below.

Virat Kohli's woes outside off-stump

Kohli In Test cricket, he has been bowled out over 20 times outside the off stump, including all eight of his dismissals in Australia. Kohli was not out on 100 in the second innings of the Perth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but he edged to either slips or wicketkeeper Alex Carey in the other nine innings he batted. To be honest, Kohli appeared to be in his weakest position in this situation. Kohli was seen hitting the bat on his pads when he edged Scott Boland to Steve Smith at second slip in what turned out to be his final dismissal in Test cricket.

According to the study, Kohli decided to retire at this time. Following India's 1-3 defeat to Australia, he declared, "I am done," but few people paid attention until a few months later, when they understood that Kohli actually meant it. With time, Kohli's bottom hand, which had previously been his greatest asset, turned into a liability due to his inability to develop a solution for hitting balls outside off stump. While serving as captain when India visited England in 2018, he did an excellent job of controlling it. However, as one gets older and their reflexes get slower, some things tend to stay out of control no matter how hard one tries. The short ball was Sourav Ganguly's. Joe Root and the incoming swinging balls. With Dhoni, there's some really great spin. This was it for Kohli, though.

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