Akshay - Monday, May 12, 2025Virat Kohli Test Retirement: The decision comes days after Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket, with Shubman Gill emerging as the main contender to replace him as captain.
Virat Kohli has decided to retire from Test cricket. He has scored 9230 runs in 123 matches at an average of 46.85 in the longest format of the game.
Kohli made his Test debut against the West Indies in 2011, and became the captain three years later. He led the country in 68 Test matches, the most by an Indian, and lost only 17 (25 per cent) of them. With a win percentage of 58.82 per cent (40 wins, 11 draws), the batsman remains India's most successful red-ball captain. Under Kohli's captaincy, India won a series in Australia for the first time in 2019.
His last Test match was also in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia (Sydney) earlier this year - which the hosts won by six wickets to end the series 3-1 in their favour.
Virat Kohli has already retired from T20Is after India won the 2024 T20 World Cup.
