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All the rumours turned out to be true as Virat Kohli officially announced his retirement on the morning of May 12. It turned out to be the end of an era as two of senior Indian players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli bid adieu to the longest format for the game for India. Now, we will see a new-looked Indian team in the upcoming Test series in England starting on June 20.
Virat Kohli has played 123 Test matches in his career amassing 9230 runs along with 30 centuries and 31 half-centuries. He had a great chance to complete the milestone of 10000 Test runs but he decided to call off his Test career with immediate effect. Now the fans are wondering what could be the reason for his retirement. In the following listicle, we will discuss the three possible reasons due to which Virat Kohli has announced his retirement from Test cricket
Why Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket
1. Gautam Gambhir didn’t want to continue with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in Tests
The fans have been left puzzled as both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their retirement from Test cricket. There have been speculations that India head coach Gautam Gambhir had a major role in the retirement of both the senior players. Reportedly, Gambhir would have conveyed to Rohit and Kohli that he don’t want to continue with them in the longest format and go ahead with a new team on the England tour.
2. Gautam Gambhir remains final decision maker in the BCCI
The reports were coming that the BCCI official have requested Virat Kohli to reconsider his decision of Test retirement. However, head coach Gautam Gambhir reportedly wanted to do things his way and remained adamant that he doesn’t want to continue with Kohli in red-ball cricket.
3. Not being in future plans forced Virat Kohli to retire from Test cricket on immediate effect
Virat Kohli wasn’t included in the future plans in Test cricket and the reports are coming that Gautam Gambhir didn’t want to continue with him in the longest format. Looking at all this scenario and his current form in Test cricket, Kohli could have thought it could be good time for him to bid-adieu to red-ball cricket.
