India vs England 2025: The Indian cricket team will play a 5 -match Test series on England tour, which will start from June 20. This will be the first series of both teams for the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. Virat Kohli has earlier told BCCI that he wants to retire from Test cricket before the tour. However, the management is trying to stop them, because recently Rohit Sharma has said goodbye to Test cricket. They want experienced Kohli to go on this tour.
Kohli has told the BCCI that he wants to retire from Test format, that too before the England tour. The BCCI has to announce the squad soon for this series starting on June 20, as the team will leave for England in the second week of June. Now Kohli’s retirement news has surprised everyone, former cricketers are also giving their opinion on it.
What did Brian Lara say on Virat Kohli’s retirement news?
West Indies veteran Brian Lara posted a post amid these reports, in the photo he is standing with Kohli and he wrote in the caption, “Test cricket is needed! He will be persuaded. He is not going to retire from Test cricket. Virat Kohli is going to score runs above 60 in his remaining Test career.”
What did Sidhu say on Virat Koli’s retirement?
Former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu said on his YouTube channel that the intention behind his decision to retire is correct but the time is wrong. He said, “Because India is on the credibility and asmita claim of the year, and is going on a tour which is the most difficult in the Test. At this time there will be a ball barrier, there will be moisture, there will be a hungry on the pitch, the ball will change the fork by eating the ball, then you need experience.”
He further said, “So you will need such a shield, which is mentally affected, who stands that someone stands. The whose body language should boost the morale of the whole team, it is Virat Kohli.”
Sidhu further said, “After Rohit Sharma’s retirement, you should understand that you cannot take the inexperienced team there. Gill can become a captain but if you look at his record, you have not been able to do well abroad. You can make all the runs as much as you want, but you have to do good on foreign pitches.” See his full statement in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfjrejii4do
What did Akash Chopra say
Former cricketer Akash Chopra said on his YouTube channel, “The beginning of a player’s play and the decision to leave him is his own, we and you cannot do anything in it. If they feel that they do not have physical and mental ability, move forward for another tour.”
“On one stage, the player feels that no man, I do not have the power left for another tour, he is also a man, he has worked like a super human, then you feel that he will not be tired, but not a machine.
