India’s Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket

Virat Kohli has confirmed his Test career is over ahead of a looming tour of England, bowing out just months after Australia’s bowlers dominated the Indian megastar in his final series Down Under.

With the exception of a second-innings century in the first match of last season’s Border-Gavaskar series in Perth, 36-year-old Kohli was repeatedly lured into catches behind the wicket, struggling against Scott Boland in particular on seaming Australian pitches.

Virat Kohli has bid farewell to Test cricket. Credit: Getty Images

Boland coaxed Kohli into nicking behind or into the slips cordon in three of his last four innings, including both of what became his final Test in Sydney in January.

His last hurrah on Australian shores was underwhelming, with a return of 190 runs at 23.75 in a series that Pat Cummins’ men won 3-1.

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