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New Delhi. Team India has lost 0-2 in the two-match Test series against South Africa. After this crushing defeat in the Test series, rumors are flying that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may convince Virat Kohli to return to Test cricket again. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli had announced his retirement from Test cricket on May 12 this year.

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Now BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia has given a big statement regarding former Team India captain Virat Kohli. While talking to a news channel, Saikia said that whatever is being said about Virat Kohli is just a rumour. There was no discussion with Kohli about this. Don’t talk about rumours. Nothing like this has happened.

It was claimed in the Cricbuzz report that the idea has started circulating within the board that Virat Kohli should be contacted and requested to withdraw his retirement from Tests. The report also said that a recently retired player may be ready to reconsider his Test future. After the 0-2 clean sweep against South Africa at home, head coach Gautam Gambhir had attributed the team’s failure to the transition phase.

When did Kohli make his test debut?

Virat Kohli made his Test debut in June 2011 against West Indies in Kingston. He scored 4 runs in the first innings and 15 runs in the second innings. The way Kohli established himself in Tests after early failures became one of the biggest stories in the history of Indian cricket. Kohli’s last Test was against Australia in January 2025 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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Virat Kohli played 123 matches in his Test career and scored 9230 runs and his average was 46.85. Kohli scored 30 centuries and 31 half-centuries in Tests. Kohli also scored 7 double centuries. He is counted among the most reliable and powerful batsmen of modern Test cricket. Kohli’s passion, fitness and batting class kept fans connected to Test cricket. Cricket great Sir Vivian Richards also believed that Kohli created a new attraction for Test cricket among the youth.

Virat Kohli’s record as captain has been historic. Kohli captained the Indian team in 68 test matches. During this period, India won 40 test matches. When Kohli took over the captaincy, India was ranked seventh in the Test rankings. In just a few years, he took the team to the number-1 position and kept it at the top for a long time. No one else in India’s Test history has such a successful captaincy record.