List of Indian players who played their final Test against Australia

Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket after delivering his services to India’s Test team for 14 years. The 36-year-old’s last appearance in India whites came against Australia in the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 played at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) played from January 3rd to 5th. Throughout his Test career, he played a fierce brand of cricket against the Aussies. In 2018, he became the first India captain to guide the team to a red-ball series victory down under.

Besides this captaincy feat, Virat Kohli also holds the sensational record of notching up the most runs for India in a Test series in Australia. In 2014-15, when India competed against the Aussies down under, he racked up 692 runs in eight innings of four contests at an average of 86.50.

List of India players who retired from Test cricket after playing their last matches against Australia

In the last competition between Kohli and Australia, the latter had the last laugh as the current World Test Champions (WTC) succeeded in containing the India batting maestro. Throughout the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, Kohli smashed only 190 runs in nine innings of five Tests. Following his disheartening batting show in Australia, he was under criticism. On May 12, he made the difficult decision and shocked his fans. Kohli’s retirement has inducted him to the list of some Team India giants who hung up their boots from after playing their last Test matches against Australia

Along with Kohli, former India Test captains Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Rohit Sharma, and MS Dhoni also played their last Test matches of their career against Australia. Besides them, some other notable figures such as Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dilip Vengsarkar, and Murali Vijay also made their last final Test appearances against Australia.