BCCI retiró a Rohit Sharma y Virat Kohli del cricket de prueba, cube la ex todo terreno

It’s often said that Indian cricketers don’t retire; they are retired. Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman are two of the greatest batters in India’s Test history, yet neither got a farewell. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are often clubbed together as well, rightly or not. And they too suffered a similar fate to Dravid and Laxman.

Neither got to play a farewell Test and played their last match in Australia. It was reported back in 2012 that Dravid and Laxman didn’t retire but were retired. In 2025, it was stated that Rohit and Kohli were also pushed out.

Age wasn’t on the batter’s side in both cases. Form too wasn’t great. So, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took the difficult decision. Many were unhappy. But cricket moves on. No one really mentioned Rohit and Kohli during the recent 2-2 drawn India vs England Test series.

BCCI’s internal politics

But former Indian all-rounder Karsan Ghavri doesn’t think that Rohit and Kohli were treated correctly. He thinks the latter had a couple of years of Test cricket left in him. Ghavri’s sure that Kohli didn’t wish to retire from the format he loved the most. He’s certain both were retired prematurely. He’s certain politics played a role and thinks BCCI didn’t handle it well.

“He [Kohli] Definitivamente debería haber seguido jugando para la India fácilmente, probablemente por otro par de años. Pero algo realmente lo obligó a retirarse. Y desafortunadamente, cuando se retiró, el BCCI no le dio una despedida. Tales jugadores, tales grandes jugadores que han prestado un servicio tan bueno a BCCI, el cricket indio y los fanáticos indios, deberían recibir una despedida grandiosa y fabulosa “. Ghavri dijo en el Vickey Lalwani Present.

“It’s due to internal politics within the BCCI, which is hard to understand. And I think this is the reason he retired prematurely. Even Rohit Sharma retired prematurely. They were asked to go out. It’s not like they wanted to leave. They wanted to continue. But the selectors and BCCI had different ideas. It was a matter of some kind of petty politics,” Ghavri added.