Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
From Test cricket, 2 dhurandhar players of the Indian team Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma suddenly shocked everyone with their retirement announcement. While Rohit Sharma announced to retire from Test format on May 7, Virat Kohli said goodbye to this format on May 12. Both the players dominated the Tests for a long time, in which it is not going to be easy for Team India to fill these two places. Rohit and Kohli have also been part of the top-10 for a long time in the ICC Test batting rankings.
Kohli and Rohit announced retirement while staying in this number in rankings
If Virat Kohli’s performance in Test cricket in the last one year, he has not been as expected at all, in such a situation, the speculation of his retirement had intensified since the tour of Australia. When Kohli announced his retirement from Test format on 12 May, he was at number 26 in the ICC Test batting rankings, with a total of 614 rating points. On the other hand, when he talked about Rohit Sharma, when he announced his retirement on May 7, he was at number 41 in the ranking and he had a total of 554 rating points.
Both were fantastic Test career
The Test career of both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli was quite excellent, in which Kohli Jahan was one of the top-5 players of world cricket, while Rohit was counted among the best opening batsmen. Rohit Sharma has played a total of 67 Test matches in which he has managed to score 4301 runs at an average of 40.57, while his bat has seen 12 centuries and 18 half -century innings. At the same time, Virat Kohli has managed to play 123 Test matches at 9230 runs at an average of 46.85 and during this time he managed to play 30 centuries and 31 half -century innings.
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