Virat Kohli is currently in Perth, where India vs Australia first ODI will be played. There are rumors that Kohli will take retirement from ODIs also after this series. Meanwhile, Kohli himself made a cryptic post on social media, which is fast going viral. Experts are linking it with World Cup 2027.
After reaching Perth, Virat Kohli made a post on ‘X’ (earlier Twitter) and wrote, ‘The only time you truly fail, is when you decide to give up.’ If we explain its meaning in Hindi, it is, ‘You really fail only when you decide to give up.’
The only time you truly fail, is when you decide to give up.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) October 16, 2025
Meaning of this post of Virat Kohli
Earlier, Virat Kohli had shared a video of an advertisement, reposting which Virat wrote these things. Fans believe that Virat has set the tone for the 2027 World Cup. It is believed that through this post Kohli is trying to express his intentions that he still has a lot of cricket left in him. He wants to play more matches for India.
Let us tell you that the final of Champions Trophy 2025 was Virat Kohli’s last international match, after this he will be seen playing for the first time on October 19. After taking retirement from T20 last year, Virat also said goodbye to Test this year. Virat had scored a century against Pakistan in the group stage of the Champions Trophy, he played an important role in India’s victory by playing an innings of 84 runs in the semi-finals.
Gautam Gambhir gave this answer
Before leaving for Australia, Gautam Gambhir had said in Delhi on the question related to the future of Virat and Rohit, “We have to live in the present, hope that both of them will have a successful Australia tour. There is no doubt that both are great players, it has to be seen how their performance is on the Australia tour.”

