Overview
- Kapil Dev told PTI on Tuesday that he feels sorry Kohli left Test cricket and that the batter may look back in a few years and regret the decision.
- Kapil said he would not advise Kohli to reverse his retirement and stressed that the choice is Kohli’s to make.
- He praised Kohli’s fitness and said that if Kohli stays fit and plays ODIs for another two to three years he could still break remaining batting records.
- Kohli retired from Test cricket in 2025 with about 770 runs short of 10,000 red-ball runs, and has since focused on white-ball cricket with the 2027 ODI World Cup likely to be his last major India tournament.
- Kapil also urged pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah to try all formats while acknowledging workload limits, a point that feeds into wider debates about how teams manage veteran players and protect their bodies.