Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has shared his disappointment over Virat Kohli’s decision to retire from Test cricket. Kohli stepped away from Test cricket on May 12, 2025, following a poor run during the tour of Australia.While Kohli remains active in ODIs, Manjrekar feels he did not put in enough effort to continue in the longest format.
Manjrekar admitted that Kohli’s absence from Test cricket is disheartening for him. Speaking on Instagram, he said, “Well, as Joe Root attains new heights in Test cricket, my mind goes to Virat Kohli. He’s walked away from Tests, and it’s unfortunate that in the five years that he struggled before retiring, that he didn’t quite put his heart and soul into finding out the problems as to why he was averaging 31 for five years in Tests. That is for another time as to what he could have done. But I just feel sad that people like Joe Root and Steve Smith, Kane Williamson are really making a name for themselves in Test Cricket.”
Kohli also fell short of his long-standing goal of scoring 10,000 Test runs. He finished his Test career with 9,230 runs in 123 matches at an average of 46.85.
Manjrekar further questioned Kohli’s decision to continue playing ODI cricket. He said, “It was okay, Virat Kohli just walked away from cricket, retired from all cricket. But that he’s chosen to play one day cricket actually disappoints me more, because this is a format which for a top-order batter, I’ve said before as well, is the easiest format.”
Manjrekar added that watching other modern greats in Test cricket reminds him of Kohli and leaves him feeling disappointed.
“But yeah, when Joe Root gets hundreds or gets runs, or Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, my mind goes to Virat Kohli with a sense of disappointment and a little bit of sadness, because he cared so much for Test Cricket, didn’t he?” he said.
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