{"id":276143,"date":"2025-05-12T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/will-miss-u-cheeks-gautam-gambhir-wishes-virat-kohli-on-test-retirement-with-classic-bgt-2024-25-moment-in-picture\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:31","slug":"will-miss-u-cheeks-gautam-gambhir-wishes-virat-kohli-on-test-retirement-with-classic-bgt-2024-25-moment-in-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/will-miss-u-cheeks-gautam-gambhir-wishes-virat-kohli-on-test-retirement-with-classic-bgt-2024-25-moment-in-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Will miss u cheeks&#8221; &#8211; Gautam Gambhir wishes Virat Kohli on Test retirement with classic BGT 2024-25 moment [In Picture]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4913752\" data-slug-id=\"2514601\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir wished <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/virat-kohli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Virat Kohli<\/a> after the legendary batter drew a curtain on his successful Test career on Monday, May 12. The 43-year-old called Kohli a man with a lion&#8217;s passion, adding that he will miss him in the Test setup.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Kohli shared an Instagram post, confirming his retirement after days of speculation regarding his future in Tests. The right-hander finished as the fourth-highest run-getter for India, behind Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Sunil Gavaskar. His decision came ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle. India will next play against England in a five-match Test series, which begins on June 20.<\/p>\n<p>Gautam Gambhir shared a picture of Kohli lifting his bat after his 30th Test century and wrote on X:<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA man with lion\u2019s passion! Will miss u cheeks\u2026.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Take a look:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s not easy \u2014 but it feels right\u201d \u2013 Virat Kohli pens down emotional retirement post on Instagram<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Virat Kohli penned an emotional retirement post on Instagram to draw curtains on his Test career on Monday, May 12. The 36-year-old wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs I step away from this format, it\u2019s not easy \u2014 but it feels right. I\u2019ve given it everything I had, and it\u2019s given me back so much more than I could\u2019ve hoped for.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ll always look back at my Test career with a smile. #269, signing off,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Virat Kohli was not at his best in his last three Test series. The Delhi batter managed 99 and 93 runs against Bangladesh and New Zealand in two and three-match Test series, averaging 33 and 15.50, respectively, at home. He then smashed a century against Australia in the first of the fifth Test in Perth to silence the critics, but only managed 90 runs in his remaining eight innings.<\/p>\n<p>While Kohli looked miserable against spin in Asia, he was exposed outside the off-stump during the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under.<\/p>\n<p>With Kohli following the footsteps of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/rohit-sharma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/r-ashwin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Ravichandran Ashwin<\/a> (retirements), it\u2019s the end of an era for Team India in the longest format. 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