Virat Kohli can retire from Test cricket. (Photo- PTI)
Indian cricket is now going to get a double shock. After Team India captain Rohit Sharma retired from Test cricket, now news is coming that star batsman Virat Kohli can also retire from Test cricket. Virat Kohli can announce this before the England tour. Now the biggest question is, who will replace Virat Kohli in Test cricket? BCCI has started finding the answer to these questions. By the way, there are three players who can replace Virat Kohli. One of these players has performed brilliantly in domestic cricket. While two players are performing brilliantly in the IPL. These three players are Karun Nair, Devdutt Padikkal and Silver Patidar.
Karun Nair rocked domestic cricket
In Test cricket, only two players have scored a triple century from India. Former openers Virender Sehwag and Karun Nair. Although Karun Nair disappeared from the Indian team after scoring a triple century, but he continued to perform brilliantly in domestic cricket. He can be included in the team instead of Virat Kohli. Karun Nair has played 6 Test matches for India so far. In its 7 innings, he has scored 374 runs at an average of 62.33. His highest score is 303 not out. In 2016, he did this feat against England in the grounds of Chepock, Chennai. In recent times, Karun Nair had scored many centuries in domestic cricket. Apart from Karun Nair, Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal are also in this race.
These players are also in the race
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar and the explosive batsman of the same team Devdutt Padikkal can also replace Virat Kohli in Test cricket. In IPL 2025, both these batsmen have performed brilliantly. Rajat Patidar has played 3 Test matches for India, in which he has not been able to perform anything special and has scored only 63 runs at an average of 10.50. Apart from this, RCB captains play domestic cricket for Madhya Pradesh. He has played 68 matches in domestic cricket, in which he has scored 13 centuries. Apart from this, 4738 runs have also been scored at an average of 43.07.
Talking about Devdutt Padikkal, he has played 2 Test matches for Team India. In its three innings, he has scored 90 runs at an average of 30.00. Which includes a half -century. In Ranji, he has played 43 matches so far, in 71 innings he has scored 2815 runs at an average of 57.81. Which includes 6 centuries. Both these batsmen can also replace Virat Kohli in Test cricket on the basis of their performance.