New Delhi. On the retirement of Virat Kohli from Test cricket, former selector Sanjay Jagdale said on Monday that the 36 -year -old batsman's decision should be honored. He has told a story of 2008 in which he has told that Kohli was included in the Indian team of ODI format at the behest of Dilip Vengsarkar, the then head of the National Committee of the selectors. But then some people criticized the selectors by saying this.

Kohli made his international debut in international cricket through an ODI played against Sri Lanka on 18 August 2008. Jagdale told PTI, “I still remember that Kohli had impressed Dilip Vengsarkar with his century in the Emerging Players tournament played in Australia. Vengsarkar was then head of the five -member committee of national selectors. ''

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He told, “Vengsarkar had praised me Kohli and said that this boy is a good batsman. Although I did not see Kohli's game then, but at the behest of Vengsarkar, all of us selectors agreed to the selection of Kohli in the national team. When we included Kohli in the Indian team, some people criticized us by saying how we sent such a young player on a visit to Sri Lanka. But no one remembers these people today.

Jagdale described Kohli as one of the greatest Indian batsmen in all three formats of cricket after Sachin Tendulkar. Former selectors of the Indian team said, “Kohli's decision to retire from Test cricket should be respected, but his left place will not be able to fill it so easily.”