Gautam Gambhir Blamed As Unhappy Fans Feel Virat Kohli Retired At Wrong Time
Published - 12 May 2025, 02:01 PM | Updated - 12 May 2025, 02:10 PM
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Gautam Gambhir, India's head coach, was blamed on social media by fans after ace batter Virat Kohli announced his retirement from test cricket on May 12, 2025. His announcement came just days before the Team India squad for the England Test tour is to be announced.
Virat Kohli has played 123 Tests for India since his debut in 2011 against the West Indies. He made 9230 runs at an average of 46.85 with 30 centuries and 31 fifties to his name.
Kohli kept the Test format alive
His highest score was 254*, and he hit an Indian record of 7 double centuries in red-ball format.
India's fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket, Virat Kohli, retires. He is the man behind Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, and Sachin Tendulkar.
In 2011, Kohli played his first Test match in Jamaica against the West Indies. In January, he played his final Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) against Australia.
An Era in Indian Cricket Comes to an End with Virat Kohli's Test Retirement
Virat Kohli’s announcement comes days after Rohit Sharma also retired from Test cricket. Both the cricketers have already retired from T20Is after India’s T20 World Cup 2024 win and now will play in ODIs only.
The 2024–25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series was difficult for both players. They chose to retire from Test cricket before the grueling Test series in England, but they did return to domestic cricket for their respective state teams in the Ranji Trophy.
An era in Indian cricket comes to an end with Virat Kohli's retirement from Test cricket. In an unprecedented 68 Test matches, he captained the squad, recording 40 victories, 11 ties, and just 17 defeats. The veteran has an impressive 58.82% win rate. When India won its first Test series in Australia in 2019, Kohli was captain.
“Gautam Gambhir is the culprit”- Fans react to Virat Kohli’s retirement from tests
Never Forget Never Forgive
— Vikram Zaveri (@VikramZaveri3) May 12, 2025
Gautam Gambhir played Politics ruined dressing room atmosphere
He is the Reason why Ashwin,Rohit and Kohli Retired within 6 months pic.twitter.com/8Q5HPI8zgL
One of the Greatest Opener of India in red ball format 🐐
— PSYCHO²³🇮🇳 (@GoatPsycho23) May 12, 2025
Some Clowns Says that Kohli Dropped him from test team and his career ended there
Gautam Gambhir Completed Test Cricket when you and your idol are not even in spe₹m form pic.twitter.com/HknVDC4kJa
Nothing can convince me that Virat Kohli took retirement from tests on his own. His passion for red ball cricket is unmatched & he would never announced his retirement like a coward.
— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) May 12, 2025
Agarkar & Gambhir has something to do with it & nothing can make me like them!!
Nothing can convince me that Virat Kohli took retirement from tests on his own. His passion for red ball cricket is unmatched & he would never announced his retirement like a coward.
— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) May 12, 2025
Agarkar & Gambhir has something to do with it & nothing can make me like them!!
Gautam Gambhir is the reason behind Rohit’s retirement from Tests.
— Pick-up Shot (@96ShreyasIyer) May 12, 2025
Gautam Gambhir is the reason behind Kohli’s retirement from Tests. pic.twitter.com/w04eKNGhgV
Is He The Man Behind Virat & Rohit Retirement ????
— Vaibhav Bhola 🇮🇳 (@VibhuBhola) May 12, 2025
Under Gautam Gambhir We Have Lost 2 Consecutive Test Series
And If Something Bad Happens In England, Make Sure He Is Removed From The Post.
A Guy Who Could Not Event Stand A Session In England, Will Tell How Play There
Shame pic.twitter.com/eboTNhZksr
Gambhir sent both the budhaus to play Ranji after so many years both got humiliated there and then forced them to retire from Test cricket 😭 https://t.co/gvkZJoHnZD
— Rodony 𓃬 (@Rodony_) May 12, 2025
Gambhir sent both the budhaus to play Ranji after so many years both got humiliated there and then forced them to retire from Test cricket 😭 https://t.co/gvkZJoHnZD
— Rodony 𓃬 (@Rodony_) May 12, 2025
Tumko rohit aur kohli se dikkat tha ...itna aacha indian team ko barbad kr diye tum gautama gambhir ! https://t.co/WzILjZnDWU
— VIKASH KUMAR JHA (@vkjha1515) May 12, 2025
Shame on you for making rohit and kohli early retirement 🤡🤡 gambhir bsdk
— Sainath45 (@Sainath93561765) May 12, 2025
Gautam Gambhir and Ajit Agarkar ruined indian cricket mane 💔
— shiv (@realtalksman5) May 12, 2025
- Kohli and Rohit retirement
- Injustice with Shreyas Iyer
- Ishaan suffered mental illness
- Favouritism over Talent
This is not our Indian cricket, it is a political party now.
