New Delhi: Virat Kohli was drained due to constant public scrutiny, which led him to retire from Tests, Ravi Shastri has said, adding that he believes the ave batter still was goo enough to play red-ball cricket for two-three years.

Shastri said he spoke to Kohli before he announced his retirment last Monday, pulling the plug on a stellar career of 123 Tests and 9,230 runs at an average of 46.85, including 30 hundreds.

“I did speak to him about it, I think a week before that [his announcement] and his mind was very clear that he’d given us everything. There were no regrets,” the former India coach told The ICC Review.

“Virat surprised me because I thought he had at least two-three years of Test match cricket left in him. But then, when you’re mentally fried and........

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