Virat kohli and Rohit Sharma It is a question that now carries the weight of finality. For the first time in more than three years and for the first time in what they feel like a whole generation, India will enter a test field without a virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma in XI.Within just a week, the pillars of Indian launch of the red ball left the longest format. 7 May Rohit Sharma quietly announced his retirement from the test cricket. And now, Virat Kohli, in the emotional post of Instagram, followed:“It’s been 14 years since I first wore Baggy Blue …” he wrote and signaled the end of a remarkable trial route that began in 2011 and formed the heart rhythm of the Indian cricket for more than ten years.Together Kohli and Rohit defined the era. For nearly 10 years, both test spines were Indian spine when they fought in every corner of the cricket world from Adelaide to Lord, from Chepauuk to Cape Town. Their presence has become so constant, so expected that the performance of the XI test feels unknown, almost unreal.But soon fans will have to face this reality. The Indian tour of England in July 2025 will mean a new chapter that will begin without the familiar view No. 18 and No. 45, which will be released on the bat in white.Quiz: Who is the IPL player?The last time India played a test without Kohl and Rohit was back in January 2022, during the second match of the series against South Africa in Johannesburg. Kohli, the captain of that time, missed the game due to the cramp of the upper back. Rohit was missing for the whole series and recovering from hamstrings. Kl Rahul led the team on this occasion, but India did not achieve and lost the test of seven goals-and later series 2-1. This series also meant the end of Kohli’s tenure as an Indian test.
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Among them played Kohli and Rohit 190 tests, gathered 13,531 runs, 44 centuries and countless memories. Their combined absence leaves cavernous emptiness not only in numbers, but in the present, in the aura, in the lead.When India is preparing for the next generation to take a cloak, whether it is Yashasvi Jaiswal, SHUBMAN GILL or other dressing rooms and fields, no doubt will feel empty. The bat will not rotate the same way. A walk to the fold will not have the same fire. White will not shimmer with the same acquaintance.It’s the end of the era and the beginning of a new one.
