Ahead of the five-match England tour, which will kickstart India's ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 campaign, Virat stunned the cricketing world by announcing his retirement from the format, drawing curtains to a 14-year-long, 123-match big career.
From 2016-2019, it just did not matter what the pitch, opposition, bowler name, conditions, and match situation were. This four-year period was Virat strutting around with his team, from one corner of the globe to the other with cockiness backed by numbers, consistency shaped by years of har
Shami hasn't bowled for India in the whites since the World Test Championship final against Australia in 2023. A long injury layoff kept Shami out of action after the ODI World Cup in the same year.
Former spinner Ravichandran Ashwin handpicked his "favourite piece of batsmanship" of India batting bigwigs Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli after they bid adieu to the Test format.
Virat had one of the best four-year stretches in Test cricket, scoring 4,208 runs in 43 Tests from 2016-19. These runs came at an average of 66.79, with 16 centuries and 10 fifties.
Throughout his career in whites, the 36-year-old made runs everywhere and dominated a variety of conditions, regions, and bowlers. His run from 2016-19 is considered as one of the richest primes in Tests, having made 4,208 runs in 43 Tests at an average of 66.79 and 16 centuries. He plundere
Sand Artist & Padma Shri Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik made and dedicated a sand art to Virat Kohli after he announced retirement from test cricket on Monday. He made a sand art with a replica of 14 bats to express his gratitude to him.
The duo visited the famous spiritual figure, Premanand Maharaj, at Vrindavan Dham to receive his blessings. As soon as he reached the ashram, Premanand Maharaj asked Virat Kohli, Are you happy? To this, Virat replied- I am fine.
He felt the Indian team needs a couple of series to figure out the perfect fit for that spot, as Virat Kohli's retirement from Tests poses an immediate question to India, who will be their next No. 4. Kohli batted at No. 4 in 99 of the 115 Tests since Sachin Tendulkar's retirement.