New Delhi, May 12 -- In a matter of just one week, India's star cricket players - Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma - announced their retirement from Test cricket. While Rohit announced his retirement on 7 May, Virat surprised the world on 12 May.

With both the legends of the game announcing their retirement from the longest format of the game, a report by PTI claimed that former Indian opener and current Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir could have played an important role in star duo's retirement.

According to the report, Gambhir wanted fresh faces in the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle, which may have driven Rohit and Kohli to hang up their boots for red-ball cricket.

"The Gautam Gambhir era begins now. He was categorical that d...