{"id":8926,"date":"2025-05-12T11:45:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=596913"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:48:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:18:41","slug":"virat-kohli-retires-from-test-cricket-i-gave-it-everything-i-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/virat-kohli-retires-from-test-cricket-i-gave-it-everything-i-had\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket: \u201cI gave it everything I had\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a heartfelt message shared today, Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket, bringing an end to a 14-year-long journey in whites that saw him emerge as one of the most iconic figures in Indian cricket history.<\/p>\n

Kohli, who made his Test debut in 2011 against the West Indies, said the format had tested and shaped him in ways no other could. \u201cThere\u2019s something deeply personal about playing in whites\u2026 the quiet grind, the long days, the small moments no one sees,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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