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Virat Kohli stunned the cricketing world by announcing his retirement from the format, drawing curtains to a 14-year-long, 123-match big career.
As the cricket fraternity grapples with Virat Kohli’s Test retirement, the Bharat Ratna Kohli movement has gained momentum, with top cricket figures urging India’s highest civilian honor for him. Kohli stunned fans by announcing his exit from Tests before the England tour squad selection.
Widely celebrated for revitalizing Test cricket, the legendary batter’s lack of a farewell match has left fans disheartened, fueling calls for the BCCI to organize one, aligning with the Bharat Ratna Kohli campaign backed by Cricket Legends’ Support and the Farewell Match Demand.
The Bharat Ratna Kohli movement has been supported by former India and Chennai Super Kings player Suresh Raina, who has urged the Indian government to give Virat Kohli the country’s highest civilian award.
As part of Raina’s Kohli Tribute and the BCCI Farewell Match Request, Raina also wrote to the BCCI, asking for a retirement match in Delhi, Kohli’s hometown, to honor his Test legacy.
“I feel the Indian government should award him the Bharat Ratna because he has achieved so many things for India,”
formar indian cricketer – Suresh Raina said to media…
Former India and Chennai Super Kings player Suresh Raina has backed the Bharat Ratna Kohli movement and urged the Indian government to award Virat Kohli the nation’s highest civilian honor. Raina also wrote to the BCCI to request a retirement match in Delhi, where Kohli was born, in order to commemorate his Test legacy as part of his Kohli Tribute and the BCCI Farewell Match Request.
Raina also want to a farewell match to be played my Kohli in his home ground Delhi.
‘I also feel he should be given a retirement match in Delhi. His family and coach would have been there to support him. After doing so much for the country, you communicate with him because he deserves a retirement match,”
he said to media too.
Fans Ask Virat Kohli To ‘Review’ Test Retirement Call
As fans anticipated the Royal Challengers Bengaluru versus Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 match, which was abandoned due to rain, the Bharat Ratna Kohli movement gained traction with many expressing heartfelt reactions to Virat Kohli’s Test retirement announcement. The RCB-KKR Rainout on May 18, 2025, at 10:57 PM IST, left spectators disappointed, but Kohli’s exit from Tests sparked a wave of Fans’ Emotional Outpour, with calls for him to be honored with India’s highest civilian award intensifying.
