Previously, during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Ravichandran Ashwin hung up his boots from international cricket midway through the series. Team India will now clash against England in the five-match Test series without the likes of their three premier players
Ravichandran Ashwin (Pic: File Pic)
Former Team India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin picked his favourite Test knock of stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma after the veterans drew curtains on their longest format careers.
Speaking on his YouTube channel 'Ash ki Baat', Ashwin said, "My favourite piece of batsmanship of Rohit for India was when he played in England [2021]. When he and KL Rahul opened, we were 2-1 ahead because of Rohit. The opening partnership was gun, strong".
Rohit Sharma concluded the series as India's highest run-scorer with 368 runs in four Test matches. According to Ashwin, from 2018 to 2023, Rohit enjoyed the top phase of his Test career, as the right-hander scored 2,281 runs in 30 Tests. He also had seven centuries and the same number of half-centuries.
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"Between 2018-19 and 2022-23, it was Rohit's best phase as a Test batter. Even in the Covid series in Australia, which we won, his batting was top-notch. Then also he was looking very good, didn't get big runs, but batting was top notch," added the 38-year-old former India spinner.
Further speaking about Kohli, the Test cricketer, Ashwin hailed him by labelling the Delhi-born as 'box office'.
"Kohli, the Test cricketer, was box office; he was the brand ambassador of Test cricket in many ways. Some of his best knocks haven't always resulted in wins, but that's taking nothing away from those knocks. The twin hundreds in Adelaide in 2014 - that knock not finishing in a win is a shame. The 153 in Johannesburg, the pink-ball Test when we were all out for 36, the 74 he made in the first innings - some of the knocks are incredible," concluded Ashwin.
Kohli's Test retirement came as a surprise to former cricketers and fans. The veteran shared a post on his official social media handle about his decision to step away from the format.
His decision came on the back of Rohit's retirement, who in the previous week shared a story on his official social media handle.
Previously, during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Ravichandran Ashwin hung up his boots from international cricket midway through the series.
Team India will now clash against England in the five-match Test series without the likes of their three premier players.
(With ANI Inputs)
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