India, May 7 -- "Hello everyone, I would just like to share that I am retiring from Test cricket." It was through these words on his 43.6 million-strong Instagram handle on Wednesday evening that Rohit Sharma called time on his 67-match Test career.

"It's been an absolute honour to represent my country in whites. Thank you for all the love and support over the years. I will continue to represent India in the ODI format," Rohit said in his brief statement.

Without the fanfare of a farewell match, a Test career which should have been so much more, has ended.

So prodigiously talented was Rohit that at 19 in 2006, he was picked for India A even before he made his debut for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy. A year later, he made his India debut i...