India, May 12 -- Virat Kohli, the biggest superstar in the current Indian cricket setup, decided to call time on his Test career on Monday as he announced his retirement from the longest format of the game. The 36-year-old's decision comes days after Rohit Sharma's announcement of stepping away from Tests. The duo had a disastrous tour of Australia, where India lost 1-3. Runs were hard to come by for both, and ever since the tour came to an end, there was chatter of the management wanting to look past the duo and go in with fresh faces for the five-match series against England.

As per a report by news agency PTI, India head coach Gautam Gambhir wanted fresh faces for the new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle beginning with the upcoming...