India, May 14 -- Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's Test retirements have sent shockwaves around the cricketing world. Many didn't expect it to happen at this stage of their careers. The two stalwarts were going through rough patches in red-ball cricket, and their underwhelming performances in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy put them under the scanner. They announced the retirements ahead of the England tour to pave the way for the young generations to take the team forward in the next World Test Championship cycle under Gautam Gambhir's guidance.

Former India cricketer and Yuvraj Singh's father, Yograj Singh, who is very vocal about his views and opinions, said that the duo still has a lot of cricket left in them and losing Kohli is a big loss f...