The Indian cricket team will play a 5 -match Test series on England tour. Before the team selection for this tour, Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket. On May 12, Virat on 12 and 5 days before that Rohit Sharma said goodbye to the Test. Now the statement of 2 former captains of Pakistan has come on this, according to one, Virat could play comfortably till 2027, while the other said that Kohli should have received more respect.

Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad described Virat Kohli as the greatest player of the modern era. According to him, Kohli could play more for 2 years, he even said that the way Kohli took retirement, it seems that there is something else in the story.

Miandad said in a conversation with Telecom Asia Sport, “It cannot be denied that Virat Kohli has been a great player, match winner and excellent captain of modern times. The game that he loved, suddenly tells him to leave in such a way that there is more in the story. I think he could play comfortably by the end of 2027. Surely, there was a difficult period for him, but I have not had a great period, but I have no such time for him.

Virat Kohli was entitled to more respect- Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi said, “You can say a lot about Kohli. He is agitating, sometimes controversial, but you cannot ignore what he did for the Indian cricket team. He gave everything for the team and won the matches on his own. Players like him get to see very little, and they were once a different behavior. He also asked the BCCI to curb them.

Gautam Gambhir also took Virat-Rohit’s name during practice

The Indian team is currently practicing in Becanham. During this time, Gautam Gambhir took the names of Virat and Rohit by motivating the young players. He said, “We will play 3 most experienced (Kohli, Rohit and Ashwin) without players, look at it as an opportunity that you have to do something special for the country now.”

IND vs Eng Test: The Indian cricket team is currently in England, where Team India will play a 5 -match Test series under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. This is the first series of Team India after retirement from Virat Kohli’s Test. Meanwhile, a big statement of Ravi Shastri, former cricketer and coach of Team India, has come. He believes that it could have been handled well. He also told what he would have done if he had a role.

Virat Kohli announced his retirement from his Test on 12 May through an Instagram post. On May 7, 5 days before this, Rohit Sharma also announced retirement. Two consecutive veterans had said goodbye to the Test, due to which all the fans were disappointed. Fans wanted that they should have received Farewell Test. Meanwhile, Ravi Shastri said that if he had a role, he would have made Virat the captain after the tour of Australia.

What did Ravi Shastri say about Virat Kohli?

Shastri said in a conversation with Sony Sports, “People realize how big the player he was, when you go away. I am sad that Virat Kohli has gone. The way he went, according to me it could have handled it well. More conversations should have been done. If I had a role in it, I would have made him captain after Australia tour.”

BCCI sources had told India Today that Virat Kohli had told the selectors about his decision before the retirement announcement. Although a member of the board wanted him to go on a tour of England, as Rohit would need his experience after retirement, but Kohli did not agree and took retirement. Kohli and Rohit Sharma will now be seen playing in ODI format, both of them also said goodbye to the shortest format of cricket together after winning the T20 World Cup 2024.

However, a party on social media was also saying that if Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had to retire from the Test only after the tour of Australia, then why did both of them play domestic cricket. Let us tell you that after a poor performance in Team India’s Test, the BCCI had decided that if there is no concrete reason, then all the players will have to play domestic.

Shubman Gill can create history in England

The Indian cricket team won the last Test series in England in 2007 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. After this, the team went to play Test series in England 2-2 times under the captaincy of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, but never won the series.

IND vs Eng Test Series 2025: Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the Indian cricket team will play the first Test against England from June 20, for which the team has started preparing in England. In the unofficial Test against England Lions, there were many players in India’s A team which are included in the Test squad. These players have shown a strong performance and 4 of them are replaced by players in Playing 11.

A total of 7 players were playing against England Lions, who are part of the upcoming Test series. He had a good chance of preparations, which he also redeemed. At the same time, there was an opportunity for other players to show their talent. Now Shubman Gill and Team India A will play a practice match, before that 7 players playing for India A have joined the Indian squad. These include KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Reddy, Karun Nair, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Shardul Thakur and Dhruv Jurlel.

Karun Nair’s return possible

Karun Nair is the batsman who has scored a triple century against England. This is the biggest score against England by any Indian. He can return after 8 years by joining the playing of the first Test. He can play in place of Kohli i.e. at number four. In the first Test against England Lions, he played a brilliant innings of 204 runs. Scored 40 and 15 runs respectively in the first and second innings of the second Test.

KL Rahul’s brilliant century

Wicket -keeper batsmen were not included in India’s A team, but after their IPL team’s early journey ended, he requested the BCCI to include it in it. In the first innings of the second match, he scored a century (116), he scored a half -century in the second innings.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 24 and 64 runs in the first Test. In the second Test, he scored 17 and 5 runs. Of course, his bat did not run in both these Tests, but his efforts would have been to mold themselves under the circumstances of England. He is an aggressive batsman and his record against England has also been good. He can start the innings with Shubman Gill.

Shardul Thakur can get a chance

One of Shardul Thakur and Nitish Reddy can find a place in the playing 11, although the performance of both of them is not special for India A but Shardul Thakur may get attention. Nitish Reddy took 2 wickets in 2 Tests, scored 135 runs in 4 innings. Shardul was able to score only 80 runs in 3 innings, 2 in the first match and he did not get any wicket in the second match. But Shardul can be placed in playing 11 based on the previous performance.

Without Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, India will play a 5 -match Test series on the tour of England, for which the Indian team’s announcement is possible on Saturday. Before this series, captain Rohit and Kohli had said goodbye to Test cricket. The head coach of the Indian team Gautam Gambhir was asked during a show whether he was already aware of the retirement of these veterans? Gambhir also believed that it would be difficult between these two.

After the Pahalgam attack, India launched aircraft on terrorist bases in Pakistan. It was named Operation Sindoor, which started from 7 May. On this evening, Rohit Sharma announced his Test retirement. Then news came that Virat Kohli also wants to retire from the Test but he has been forbidden to do so in the ‘Operation Sindoor’. After the Indo-Pakistan ceasefire agreement on 10 May, Virat also announced retirement from the Test on 12 May. Now Gautam Gambhir has broken the silence about this, whether he knew about it in advance.

What did Gautam Gambhir say?

In the ‘Cricket Next’ show, he was asked whether he was already aware that both the legends were going to retire. To this Gambhir said, “When you start playing and leave the game, this is a personal decision. No one has the right to, whether it is a coach, selector, or any person in this country, no one has the right to tell you when to take retirement or not. It is their decision.”

Gautam Gambhir admitted that his shortage will be missed in Team India, but he also said that such young players also get a chance to show their talent. He said, “Yes, it will be difficult for us, but still there will be people who will definitely move their hands forward. Due to no one, the other person gets an opportunity to do something special for the country.”

Gautam Gambhir further said, “The same question was asked to me before the Champions Trophy when Jaspreet Bumrah was not there. The same thing happened there, and this gave another player a chance to do something special for the country.”

Virat Kohli Test Retirement: Former captain and star batsman of the Indian cricket team Virat Kohli has retired from Test cricket. Virat announced his retirement from the Test on Monday. Now the question is, who will replace Virat in the Test team? Here we will get the answer.

Virat Kohli scored 30 centuries in Test cricket. He became a rock for Team India several times. In the Test, 7 double centuries and 30 centuries have scored from Virat’s bat. He is the fourth Indian to score the most runs in Tests. At the same time, only three Indian batsmen have been able to score more than Virat in the Test.

Virat has scored 9230 runs in 123 Tests. He made his Test debut in 2011 and played his last Test in 2025. Now the biggest question is who will replace Virat Kohli in Team India? Please tell that there are many claimants to replace Virat. The claimants include Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan and Shreyas Iyer. But one of these players is going to shine.

Virpat Kohli batted mostly at number four in Test cricket. In such a situation, now the team will be looking for such a batsman who can perform well at number four for a long time. In such a situation, Shreyas Iyer may be the first choice of selectors. Iyer also bats at number four in ODIs, and his figures on this Peastion are fantastic.

This star can replace Virat

Shreyas Iyer, who played an important role in winning India as India, can play Virat Kohli at number four in the Test series against England. Iyer is also in great form. In IPL 2025, Iyer’s bat has scored 405 runs so far. Iyer has played 70 ODIs, 51 T20 International and 14 Test matches for India. He performs brilliantly in ODI at number four. Now in the test too, he can be tried on this position.