Virat Kohli announces retirement from Test cricket after legendary 14-year career for India: '269 signing off'

By our Special Correspondent

Virat Kohli, the former India captain, has announced his retirement from Test cricket with just a little over a month to go before the England tour. Kohli, 36, made the decision days after fellow Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma bid adieu to the format. The news that Kohli informed the BCCI about his decision to retire from Test cricket sent shockwaves early morning on Saturday. He still isn't as aged as some of the legends to have continued playing before him and has yet to breach the 10,000-run mark. Still, Kohli felt it was the right time to walk away from the format, having scored 9230 runs from 23 Tests at an average of 46.8 and ending as India's fourth-highest run-scorer in Tests behind Sachin Tendulkar (15,921), Rahul Dravid (13265) and Sunil Gavaskar (10122).