<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/virat-kohli-on-kane-williamson-retirement-well-done-mate-life-just-begun-23634942" rel="nofollow">Former New Zealand's cricketer Kane Williamson</a> revealed that he had a conversation with Team India's superstar batsman Virat Kohli a day before announcing his international retirement.
Speaking on the Between Two Beers Podcast, the former New Zealand cricketer said that the conversation with Kohli felt like looking in the mirror.
"I spoke to a number of people I trust and I've been really really close with. And then I actually had a really really cool chat with Virat like the day before I announced it and it was really like looking in the mirror just sharing the experiences that we've had in the game for so long," he said.
Williamson then explained his relationship with the Indian batsman by saying that they both share a special bond and it was "cool" to just connect over the emotions of retiring from the sport.
"He's still playing a little bit, but largely he made some of those big decisions and that like honestly just cheering. There's no one else I think, even players in your own team from, at times, that have just been in that exact same position for the exact same length of time, captaincy roles, children at the same time. Like we sort of live this parallel thing. We had a really quite special relationship, but although different worlds, and it was just quite a cool thing to be able to share some of that real vulnerable stuff and how you were feeling and and just connect over it and it and I was like I walked out of there or I got off the phone, my wife walked into the hotel room and I was like, it's time," he said.
<h2>Kane Williamson's international career's statistics</h2>
Williamson concluded his international career with 9515 runs in 110 <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/team-india-star-pacer-mohammed-shami-announces-retirement-from-test-cricket-23658856" rel="nofollow">Test</a> matches. With a top score of 251 runs, he also has 38 half-centuries and 33 tons. Having played 175 ODI matches, he garnered 7256 runs, including 47 half-centuries and 15 centuries. His career best score in the 50-over format is 148 runs.
Williamson also made appearances in 93 <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ind-vs-nz-t20is-quite-satisfying-that-we-won-the-series-overseas-team-india-impact-player-naman-dhir-23658127" rel="nofollow">T20Is</a> and accumulated 2575 runs. With 18 half-centuries, the former right-handed batsman also has a top score of 95 runs in the shortest format of the game.
(With ANI Inputs)

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'I actually had a really really cool chat with Virat...': Kane Williamson on his international retirement

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