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  'Would have made him captain': Shastri feels Kohli's Test retirement could have been handled better

  Cricket | June 11, 2025 22:10 IST

  Ravi Shastri admitted that Virat Kohli's Test retirement was sudden and that whatever happened, could have been handled better. Kohli announced his retirement decision from Tests on May 12, just before the England series, saying that it wasn't an easy decision but felt the right one.

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  Angelo Mathews, former Sri Lanka captain, announces retirement from Test cricket

  Cricket | May 23, 2025 14:44 IST

  Angelo Mathews confirmed that he will play his final Test against Bangladesh in Galle, which will be the first of the two-match series at home for Sri Lanka, marking the start of the new cycle. Mathews has represented Sri Lanka in 118 red-ball matches, while captaining them in 34 of them.

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  It's Virat Kohli's world and we chose to live in it!

  Cricket | May 15, 2025 11:22 IST

  Virat Kohli, as a Test player, was as much a charismatic leader as he was the ambassador of the game. Kohli missed out on scoring 10,000 Test runs by 770 runs and there was an evident freefall in his returns and performances but the time he peaked, he made sure he owned the format.

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  'Bumrah deserves captaincy, Kohli had at least 1-2 years of Test cricket in him': R Ashwin

  Cricket | May 13, 2025 16:44 IST

  India are likely to announce their Test captain next week and it seems like Shubman Gill is the frontrunner after Rohit Sharma's retirement. Jasprit Bumrah was Rohit's deputy in the last couple of years and even led the side in a few matches in his absence.

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  Kohli's old video of expressing '10,000 Test runs dream' goes viral after retirement

  Cricket | May 12, 2025 16:08 IST

  Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket with immediate effect. While many wanted Kohli to at least play the England series, some wished that he would retire in Delhi in front of his home ground as his dream of 10,000 Test runs remained unfulfilled.

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  'Biggest brand of modern cricket': Tributes pour in after 'greatest' Virat Kohli shuts red-ball shop

  Cricket | May 12, 2025 13:47 IST

  Former India captain Virat Kohli decided to call it off in Test cricket on May 12, with the Sydney Test being his last. Kohli said that the decision wasn't an easy but felt right for the India batting great. Kohli finished as the most successful captain of India in Tests.

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  Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket before England tour, says 'it's not easy, but feels right'

  Cricket | May 12, 2025 12:36 IST

  Virat Kohli, the most successful Test captain for India, officially announced his retirement from the format on Monday, May 12. Kohli fell 770 runs short of his dream of 10,000 runs in Test cricket as the batting stalwart said that it was not an easy decision, but felt right.

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  'Test cricket needs Virat': Brian Lara urges Kohli not to consider red-ball retirement just yet

  Cricket | May 11, 2025 15:19 IST

  Virat Kohli reportedly intends to retire from Test cricket and has reportedly communicated his decision to the BCCI. Rohit Sharma recently retired from Test cricket, and if Kohli is also not on the plane to London, it will be a very inexperienced squad for the England series.

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  'It didn't come as a surprise': Michael Atherton on Rohit Sharma's Test retirement

  Cricket | May 10, 2025 14:57 IST

  Former India Test captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from red-ball cricket, a few days before the squad for the five-match series against England was to be announced. Rohit underwent a poor Australian series, scoring just 31 runs in five innings.

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  Virat Kohli mulls Test retirement, BCCI urges him to reconsider: Report

  Cricket | May 10, 2025 11:01 IST

  Virat Kohli, reportedly, has communicated his decision to call it a day in Tests to the BCCI following a couple of poor assignments against New Zealand and in Australia. Former India Test captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from the format a couple of days ago.

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  Tri Series 2015: Dhoni avoids queries on retirement with a grin

  Cricket | January 16, 2015 10:00 IST

  Melbourne: His shock Test retirement is still the talk of the town but India's limited-overs cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni continued to stay mum about it, avoiding any queries on his stunning decision, here today.Dhoni

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  Ricky Ponting to retire from test cricket

  Cricket | November 29, 2012 12:52 IST

  Perth, Nov 29:  Ricky Ponting, one of the finest batsmen in contemporary cricket and Australia's middle order bulwark for years, today announced his retirement from international cricket, bringing down the curtains on an illustrious career