'Test cricket needs Virat': Brian Lara urges Kohli not to consider red-ball retirement just yet

The reports of Virat Kohli retiring from Test cricket before the England tour have met with a meltdown and requests, not just from the fans but from legends of the game, to take a U-turn on his call. Kohli has reportedly communicated to the BCCI of his intentions to move away from the traditional format of the game, following below-par scores in series against New Zealand and Australia. Kohli did have a century in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth Test, but the rest of the series was Kohli edging the outside-off deliveries to catchers behind the stumps, repeat, repeat and repeat.

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