Virat Kohli Test Retirement Plans Reveled: Reports Says ‘Having these conversations for …’

Indian Batting Legend Virat Kohli has communicated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) About His Intection to Retire from Test Cricket, Reported EspNcricinfo on Saturday. This Report Comes Just Two Days after Batter and His Long-Time Teammate Rohit Sharma Announced His Retirement from Whites and Just Over a Month Befor India Kickstarts ICC working ICC working ICCS 2025-27 Campaign Against England With A Five-Match Series, Starting at Headingley from June 20 Onwards. As per espncricinfo, virat has been having such such as with the board over the past month or so. If Virat indeed retires, it would mark the end of an illustrious test career of 14 years, during which which he made 9,230 runs in 123 tests at an average at an average of 46.85, with 30 centuries. He is also also India’s most successful test captain evr, having on 40 out of 68 tests with the armband.

DURING 2016-2019, Virat Enjoyed One of the Biggest Primes in Longest Format History, with 4,208 Runs to His Name in 43 Tests at an average of 66.79, Scoring 16 Kenturies and 10 Fiftees in 69 Innings, Making Him Aone of the Biggest ambassadors of the format.

However, the decade of the 2020s has not been great for the superstar batter, having Made just 2,028 runs in 39 tests at an underwhelming average of 30.72, with just three centuries and nine fiftees to show show in 69 Innings. His numbers received a boost from a fin 2023, where he made 671 runs in eight tests at an average of 55.91, with two centuries and two fiFties innings.

He Ended Last Year With Just 382 Runs in 10 Tests at a Shocking Average of 22.47, with just one century and fifty in 19 innings. His Last Test Outing was the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Tour to Australia from Nampamber-January, where He Made Just 190 Runs in Nine Innings at an average of 23.75, with his century at the perth being at-hit. That century was his first since July 2023, when he hit a ton against the west indies at port of spain in 2023.

Also, he is yet to a home century since his century against Australia in Early 2023 during the border-gavaskar trophy at ahmedabad.

Despite the downward curve of his form, it is undersrstood that the team management and selector want his experience for the england tour, where India is playing Under a new scipper Retirement. Young Batter Shubman Gill is the Top Contender for the Captaincy Armband.

Apart from Rohit, Ravichandran Ashwin Announced His Retirement from International Cricket Last Year in the Middle of the Australia Tour. With Middle-Order Veterans Ajinkya Rahane and CHETESHWAR PUJARA NO LONGER IN SET-Up for A While and A Decline in Senior Pacer Pacer Mohammed Shami’s Form after A Long Long Layoff from Injury, Virat IS the Onaly Senior Around, AlongSide all-rounder ravindra jadeja and pacer jasprit bumrah.

While England was a Country Where Virat first experienced a Major Setback during his 2014 tour, scoring just 134 runs in 10 innings and continuously losing his wicket to pacer james andrson, it was there Marks Virat’s Peak in England, Having Topped The Run-Charts with 593 Runs at an average of 59.30, with two two centuries and three fificies.

In the 2021 England Tour, Virat Made 249 Runs in Five Matches at an average of 27.66, with two fiftees in nine innings. Virat Has Played 17 Tests in England, Scoring 1,096 Runs at an average of 33.21, with two centuries and five fiftees in 33 innings and the best score of 149.

2018 marked Virat at the top of his power in tests, scoring 1,322 runs in 13 tests and 24 innings at an average of 55.08, with five centuries and five fraudies. He scored centuries in South Africa, England, West Indies, and Australia, with Tons at Partha, Kenturion, and Edgbaston registered as some of his best knocks.