Virat Kohli simply walked away from Tests instead of fixing his flaws: Manjrekar slams India star for prioritising ODIs ByHT Sports Desk Updated on: Jan 06, 2026 11:23 am IST Share Via Copy Link Sanjay Manjrekar isn't a fan of Virat Kohli throwing in the towel in Tests and continuing to play ODIs, the ‘easy’ format. Sanjay Manjrekar has expressed his disappointment at Virat Kohli’s decision to retire from Test cricket and continue playing ODIs, saying it upsets him knowing that while the likes of Joe Root and Steve Smith continue to plunder runs for their respective teams, India’s greatest red-ball captain chose to ‘walk away’ instead of working on his problem. Kohli, 37, retired from Test cricket last year after a woeful Test series in Australia, where he scored just 194 runs from 10 innings – 100 of which came in a single innings of the Perth Test – a decision that shocked one and all, given his love for the format.
