India, May 12 -- Virat Kohli, often viewed as someone who defined a generation of Test cricketers, left the stage in an uncharacteristically quiet manner - by announcing his Test retirement with an Instagram post. He brought the curtain down on a glorious career, having played 123 Tests. The right-hander amassed 9230 runs at an average of 46.85. He would have finished with a lot more runs had he not suffered a massive dip in form in the last five years, where runs were hard to come by for the Indian talisman in Tests.

In the last five years, Kohli scored just four centuries. His last ton came in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia when he went past the three-figure mark in the second innings of the series opener in Perth. Howeve...