Former India pace bowler Karsan Ghavri has commented on Virat Kohli’s Test retirement ahead of the recently concluded England series as well. Hinting that the BCCI might have forced him to quit from Tests, Ghavri added that the veteran had it in him to play for two more years as well.

Speaking on the Vickey Lalwani Show, the Karsen Ghavri stated, as quoted by The Hindustan Times: “He [Kohli] should have definitely continued playing for India easily, probably for another couple of years. But something really forced him to retire. And unfortunately, when he retired, he was not even given a farewell by the BCCI. Such players, such a great player who has done such great service to BCCI, India cricket and Indian fans, should be given a grand and fabulous farewell.”

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Karsen Ghavri also said that the politics of the BCCI could be the reason behind Rohit Sharma and Kohli retiring from Tests as well.

“It’s due to internal politics within the BCCI, which is hard to understand. And I think this is the reason he retired prematurely. Even Rohit Sharma retired prematurely. They were asked to go out. It’s not like they wanted to leave. They wanted to continue. But the selectors and BCCI had different ideas. It was a matter of some kind of petty politics,” Karsan Ghavri concluded.