India, June 20 -- It is still hard to get one's head around the fact that Virat Kohli will no longer be playing Test cricket for India. The man who made the whites his own will no longer grace the field in the longest format following his retirement in May 2025. The right-handed batter who was enduring a difficult time in Tests over the last five years, called time on his career in the longest format, having played 123 matches in which he scored 9230 runs at an average of 46.85.

Ahead of the first Test between India and England in Headingley, Leeds, former England captain Nasser Hussain and former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik spoke about Kohli's retirement and how Test cricket would dearly miss a character like him.

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