| Indian star batter Virat Kohli retired from Test Cricket. Know all the possible reasons and highlights from his test career. |
Virat Kohli is always the talk of the town in India. He is one of the greatest batsmen Indian cricket has ever produced. It is intriguing to know why a legend like him announced his retirement from the longest format of cricket that is test cricket. Speculations continue after this big retirement announcement. Here are the possible reasons:
- Dealing with nonstop travel and playing every damn format for years— that'll wipe out anyone, even the legends.
- Maybe he’s just burned out, wants to chill with his family, not live out of a suitcase 24/7.
- Honestly, at some point, focusing on the big-ticket stuff like ODIs and just makes sense. Why kill yourself for Tests when there’s all that action and glory in the shorter games?
- And may be he’s just making way for the next gen—letting some hungry young guns have a shot at Test cricket.
- Kohli also pointed out that he he to travel a lot with his wife Anushkha Sharma, Indian actress.
Virat Kohli officially posted on social media regarding his announcement. Internet is buzz with speculations for reasons as India is set to travel to England for test series. It may hurt India's performance in England as Rohit Sharma has also announced retirement from test cricket and there will be a new captain taking on the baton for India's performance.
It must be noted that Kohli's recent performance in Test Cricket has also not been upto the mark. In the Border-Gavaskar trophy, when Indian travelled to Austrialia, Kohli's peeformance was below average as he could score only one century and averaged poor.
Highlights from Virat Kohli's Test Career
Test debut (cap 269) - 20 June 2011 v West Indies
Last Test- 3 January 2025 v Australia
Kohli played 123 test matches for India. He scored 9,230 runs, averaging 46.85. He has 30 centuries and 31 half- centuries to his credit. He highest run is 254 not out in test cricket.
It is interesting to note that Kohli once in an interview said that he wants to score 10,000 runs for India in test cricket. But he has retired now with 9,230 runs.
