EXCLUSIVE | 'No One Has Right To...': Gambhir On Rohit-Kohli Test Retirement

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Last Updated:May 23, 2025, 14:02 IST

With Rohit and Kohli calling clip connected their Tests careers, Gambhir said status is idiosyncratic determination and shouldn't beryllium influenced and sees it arsenic a accidental for youngsters to measurement up

(From left) Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (PTI Photo)

Indian men’s cricket squad caput manager Gautam Gambhir said it is simply a player’s idiosyncratic telephone to discontinue and that the state doesn’t person the close to power the decision.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket earlier this month, leaving the Test broadside without the astir elder batters connected the upcoming England tour, wherever India are scheduled to play a five-match Test bid starting connected June 20.

“I think, erstwhile you commencement the crippled and erstwhile you privation to finish, it’s a precise idiosyncratic decision. No 1 has the right. Be it the coach, the selector, beryllium it anyone successful this state has immoderate close to archer idiosyncratic erstwhile to discontinue and erstwhile not to retire. So it comes from within," Gautam Gambhir told CNN-News18 successful an exclusive interview.

As for the lack of Kohli and Rohit, Gambhir said it would springiness chances to youngsters to measurement up.

“And yes, we’ve got to beryllium without 2 elder players to truly acquisition players. And sometimes I judge that it’s the accidental for immoderate different radical to enactment their manus up and say, Okay, I’m acceptable for it. So yes, it volition beryllium tough, but past there’ll beryllium radical putting their manus up for definite due to the fact that this question was asked to maine before. Champions Trophy arsenic well. When Jasprit Bumrah wasn’t determination and I said precisely the aforesaid thing, idiosyncratic missing retired mightiness springiness different idiosyncratic an accidental to bash thing peculiar for the country, hopefully, there’ll beryllium different guys waiting for that opportunity," helium said.

Kohli ended his Test vocation with 9,230 runs successful 123 matches, boasting an awesome mean of 46.85, including 30 centuries and 31 half-centuries. Meanwhile, Rohit concluded his red-ball vocation with 4,301 runs successful 67 matches, featuring 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries, astatine an mean of 40.57.

According to agencies, India’s squad for the five-match Test circuit of England is apt to beryllium announced connected May 24. It is besides expected that main selector Ajit Agarkar could uncover the squad during a property league connected the aforesaid time successful Mumbai.

India’s circuit of England volition commence with the bid opener astatine Headingley connected June 20, followed by matches astatine Edgbaston, Lord’s, Old Trafford, and The Oval.

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