Experienced Indian team players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have recently announced their retirement from international Test cricket. Both these players are considered among the best batsmen in the world. Meanwhile, former player Yograj Singh has given his opinion on Virat and Rohit’s retirement from Test format.
While talking to the media, Yograj Singh said,
‘𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕 𝑲𝒐𝒉𝒍𝒊 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂. 𝑩𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒆𝒉𝒘𝒂𝒈, 𝑹𝒐𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕 𝑲𝒐𝒉𝒍𝒊 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 50 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔.’
Yograj Singh further said,
‘𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒖𝒗𝒓𝒂𝒋 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝒐𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒂, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚.’
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be seen participating in the ODI format.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will now be seen performing brilliantly only in the ODI format. Both of these players withdrew from the T20 format following their victories in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Currently, both of them are seen playing in IPL 2025.
IPL 2025 was halted for a short time due to tension between India and Pakistan. However, the tournament is resuming from May 17. Both Rohit and Virat have batted brilliantly for their respective teams this season.
While Virat Kohli is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rohit Sharma can be seen performing brilliantly for Mumbai Indians. RCB will play its next match against Kolkata Knight Riders on 17 May, while Mumbai Indians will play its next league match against Delhi Capitals on 21 May.
