Virat Kohli also suddenly decided to retire from Test cricket, BCCI's tension increased before the England tour

Virat Kohli has informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India about his intent to retire from Test cricket. The Board of Control for Cricket in India is equally surprised by his unexpected declaration. The top administrators of the board have also asked Kohli to reconsider his decision. Kohli has made this choice just days after Rohit Sharma has retired from Test cricket. India's selection panel is scheduled to meet in a matter of days' time for picking the team for England-bound five-Test series in a month. Unless Kohli goes back on his words, India middle order for the England tour is going to lack experience.

A report in The Indian Express has quoted sources to say that Virat Kohli has decided to retire from Test cricket and has conveyed his decision to the board. The board asked him to reconsider in light of the crucial tour of England but he has not yet agreed.

The report also said that Kohli has been considering his Test future since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia earlier this year, when he was in poor form after scoring a century in the first Test. If Kohli does not change his mind, India will have a largely inexperienced middle order, with KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Yashasvi Jaiswal at the top and later Rishabh Pant in the lower order.

After Kohli's retirement, the team will have to tour England without the guidance of two experienced players. Who have led the Test team for almost 11 years so far. Kohli became India's Test captain in December 2014 followed by Rohit in February 2022. Rohit announced his retirement after a report earlier this week suggested that the selectors wanted to appoint a youngster as captain for the new Test cycle.

The 36-year-old Virat Kohli has played 123 Tests for India and scored 9,230 runs at an average of 46.85. His average has dropped in the last five years and he has managed to score only 1,990 runs in 37 matches with three centuries. On the recent tour of Australia, he scored at an average of 23.75 in five Tests. Out of his eight dismissals on the tour, Kohli was dismissed on balls outside the off stump on seven occasions.