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Former England captain Michael Vaughan reckoned that Team India will not miss Virat Kohli's presence as a batter in the five-Test match series against the Ben Stokes-led side. The batting great announced his retirement from the longest format of the game in May ahead of the five-Test series against England.
Kohli's last Test appearance came during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, where he failed to perform after smashing an unbeaten ton in the first Test. He managed to score 190 runs in five Test matches. Despite a horrid campaign in Australia, Kohli was backed to feature in England for the Tests.
Vaughan said that Team India would sorely miss the aggresson that Kohli brought to the field but not his input at the batter.
"Kohli is a legend and a culture creator around this Indian team, and what he brought as a captain to the team is still there in terms of the energy and the drive and the aggression. But he only averaged 33 here in the UK. You don’t massively miss someone that averages 33, but you miss someone that brings so much to the dressing room," Vaughan told Fox Cricket.
“These players that are going to come in and play for India, they’re seriously good players. Maybe this new generation has been waiting. Maybe they’ve been waiting for this moment. Don’t be surprised that they play really well," he added.
Kohli toured England thrice in his Test career. He played 17 Tests against England, where he scored 1096 runs at an average of 33.21 runs. He scored only 134 runs in his first tour in 2014 before responding with a memorable campaign in 2018.
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