New Delhi, June 18 -- Rohit Sharma, 38, and Virat Kohli, 36, recently stepped away from Test cricket. The reason? They didn't have many years left in the format, according to Paras Mhambrey, who was a part of Team India's T20 World Cup-winning coaching staff.

The former India bowling coach said, while Kohli's fitness remains top-class, both players understood it was the right time to move on. In a country like India, where young batting talent is never in short supply, it was the right decision, he said.

In May 2025, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their retirements from Test cricket. Before that, in June 2024, they announced their T20I retirement. Within a year, two cricket legends of the modern era stopped playing in two format...