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Following sudden retirement of superstar batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma from the longest format of the game, speculation was rife that BCCI might have forced them to retire .

In response, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally broken its silence over the matter on Tuesday. BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla ended the rumours by saying that the decision to retire is a player's own and no one in the cricket body can force him to make this decision.

"I want to make it very clear once and for all. We are all feeling the absence of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The decision to retire was made by Rohit Shar...