Virat Kohli: Team India is currently playing a T20 series against Zimbabwe under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. In the middle of the Zimbabwe T20 series, a bad news has come out for Indian cricket fans.

According to which, Virat Kohli's best friend has recently announced his retirement from all three formats of international cricket. After which Indian cricket fans have got a big shock.

James Anderson is playing his last international match

41-year-old veteran fast bowler James Anderson has recently decided to retire from international cricket. James Anderson had recently announced that he would say goodbye to international cricket after the first match of the Test series against West Indies. James Anderson is currently representing England in his last international match against West Indies at Lord's ground.

James Anderson leads out England ahead of his final Test match for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙌 pic.twitter.com/TOtTQnpb9l

— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 10, 2024

James Anderson is considered to be Virat Kohli's best friend

James Anderson and Virat Kohli have faced each other many times in Test cricket.

James Anderson troubled Virat Kohli a lot during Team India's tour of England in 2014. After which in the year 2018, Virat Kohli faced James Anderson fiercely and scored a lot of runs against him.

Since then, Virat Kohli and James Anderson rate each other very highly in the Cricket World Cup. Because of which James Anderson is considered to be Virat Kohli's best friend in the Cricket World Cup.

James Anderson is counted among the great bowlers of world cricket

James Anderson started his career in the ODI match against Australia in the year 2022.

James Anderson started his career in Test cricket against Zimbabwe in the year 2023. In international cricket, James Anderson has played 187 Tests, 194 ODIs and 19 T20 matches.

James Anderson has taken 700 wickets for England in 187 Test matches. Currently, James Anderson is the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket as a pacer.