Virat Kohli will come out of Test retirement and play for India again if....

In a surprise move, Team India Test batter Virat Kohli announced his retirement from the longest format of the game before the Test series against England.

However, many experts believe that Kohli still loves Test cricket and he is supremely fit and fine to play this format for three more years.

IPL Chairman Arun Dhumal had reportedly requested Kohli a couple of days back to reconsider comeback from his Test retirement. However, No answer has been given from Kohli's side yet after RCB emerged champions in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

However, one thing he did make clear shortly after he became an IPL champion was how much admiration he still has for Test cricket, when he called winning the IPL 'five levels below' Test cricket.

Meanwhile, former Australia captain Michael Clarke believes that fans may not have seen the last of Virat Kohli in whites just yet. The former Australia World Cup-winning captain firmly feels that if the Indian team gets rogered in England, Kohli will come out of retirement.

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"I believe this. If India go to England and get flogged, if they lose the series 5-0 for example, I think the fans will want Virat Kohli to come out of retirement and play Test cricket again. And I honestly, I think if he was asked by captain, selectors and supported by fans, if they get beaten big time in England, I think he'll come. He still loves Test cricket. I think his words, I think those words, like you could hear his passion for Test cricket is real," said Clarke in a recent interaction.

"He sees it as the pinnacle and he's still playing good enough cricket. He definitely made the decision to retire and whatever his reasons are, everybody comes to that time in their career. If that's the case, then so be it. But if they don't perform, if they get beaten, like I say, 5-0 in England, which I don't think they will. I think they can still win in England, even without Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. I think this Indian squad is a good squad," he added.