Veteran batsman of the Indian team Virat Kohli on Monday announced to retire from the Test format. Kohli, who has been important of the Indian team for more than a decade, will now be seen in the ODI jersey for India. He retired from T20 International after winning the T20 World Cup last year and now also said goodbye to the red ball format.
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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma – Photo: Ani
Every trophy of limited over won
Kohli is one of the most successful batsmen in India. He has several records. Kohli is one of the selected players in India who have won three ICC titles like T20 World, ODI World Cup and Champions Trophy. Kohli was part of the 2011 ODI World Cup team which defeated Sri Lanka and won the title. After this, the winning team of the Champions Trophy was also part of the team in 2013 and 2025. Apart from this, Kohli was also part of the team that won the T20 World Cup title by defeating South Africa in 2024.
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Virat Kohli – Photo: Ani
Lost the title twice in a row
Only the World Test Championship (WTC) title could not be added to Kohli’s list, while the team reached the final twice. The Indian team reached the finals under the captaincy of Kohli in the first cycle of the 2019-2021 World Test Championship. At that time, New Zealand defeated the team in the rain -interrupted match and the team missed out on winning the title. After this, the team led by Rohit Sharma also made it to the finals of the WTC 2021-23 cycle and Kohli had a chance to become champions at that time, but the team was defeated by Pat Cummins-led Australian team and once again Kohli could not hold WTC’s mace.
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Virat Kohli – Photo: Ani
Kohli also had a chance to become the Champion of WTC for the third time, but the team lost during the five-match border-Gavaskar trophy against Australia, which failed to reach India to the finals. Now that Kohli has said goodbye to the Test format, he will not be part of the next cycle of WTC. Bharat WTC will start the 2025-27 cycle with a five-match Test series against England, but Kohli said goodbye to the format just before the series.
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