Ever since declared that he was retiring from Test cricket, fresh developments are coming forth on a daily basis. Kohli had surprised his fans on Saturday morning by informing the BCCI that he was going to retire. The BCCI was reportedly displeased and even asked him to reconsider his move as India will be touring England for a five-match Test series from June 20, and without Kohli, the side might be inexperienced.

Rohit Sharma and R. Ashwin have already retired from Test cricket. Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah are the only experienced players left in the team. As this England series will begin the new cycle of the World Test Championship (WTC), without Kohli, it can make India weaker and provide England with an upper hand. Fans were in the hope of Virat staying at least for this tour, but the cricketing Stalwart confirmed his Test retirement through an Instagram post on Monday.

However, a report by Dainik Jagran and The Telegraph India told a very different tale. As per it, Kohli was not asked to reconsider. Rather, the report states that the BCCI made it very clear to Kohli that he no longer deserved a spot in the Test team due to his poor performance. In his final Test series in Australia, Kohli had scored merely 190 runs in five matches, with an average slightly greater than 23. Those 100 runs comprised one innings where he hit a century in Perth. Earlier, in the series against New Zealand, he could score merely 93 runs in six innings at an average of 15.50.