Kohli-Rohit’s U-turn on retirement from Test cricket? Message sent to BCCI, know what is the truth

Test Cricket: Last year, the two biggest stars of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, surprised everyone by suddenly retiring from Test cricket. Both the legends are seen in tremendous form in IPL these days. In the very first match of the tournament, King Kohli attracted everyone’s attention by playing an unbeaten inning of 69 runs against Hyderabad. At the same time, Rohit also led his team to victory by playing an explosive inning of 78 runs against Kolkata. Amidst all this, it is now being claimed in many reports that both the legends can withdraw their retirement from Test cricket. Let us know the complete truth of these viral claims…

Are Kohli-Rohit going to make a comeback in Test cricket?

Actually, recently a post on social media platform X regarding Kings Kohli and Rohit Sharma is becoming increasingly viral. In this viral post it is being claimed that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are going to withdraw their retirement from Test cricket. It is also being claimed in the post that BCCI has issued a media release confirming the return of both the players. At the same time, in another post it was claimed that Kohli himself has announced his return to Test cricket. Many similar posts are becoming increasingly viral on social media, in which various claims are being made regarding the return of both the players to Test cricket.

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What is the truth?

According to the reports, all these viral claims are false, there is no truth of any kind in these claims. No official post or statement has been issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding the return of both the players to Test cricket. All these posts have been made by fans.

Retired from Test last year

Indian cricket team’s veteran batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have already retired from T20 and Test cricket. Both the players had said goodbye to Test cricket forever in the month of May last year. Talking about the Test career of both the players, Rohit has played Test cricket for about 11 years. He played a total of 67 test matches. During this period, he captained in about 24 test matches. During this period he scored 4301 runs, which included 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries.

Talking about Virat’s Test career, he has played a total of 123 Test matches for India, in which he scored 9230 runs in 210 innings. During this period, 30 centuries and 31 half-centuries have come from his bat.