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Shreevats Goswami says Virat Kohli should have continued Tests, as India struggles against South Africa and misses Kohli’s energy.<\/h2>\n
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Former Bengal wicketkeeper-batter Shreevats Goswami has said that Virat Kohli should have quit playing ODIs and instead continued with Tests, because the Indian Test team misses his energy and belief, hours after the Rishabh Pant-led side looked below average against the World Test champions South Africa.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s slump at home looks even more glaring in the context of recent years. After an unusual 2<\/span>\u20130 whitewash in New Zealand in 2024, a brief resurgence came with a 2\u20130 victory over the Windies under <\/span>Shubman<\/span><\/a> Gill\u2019s leadership. <\/span><\/p>\n

But that momentum has evaporated. A heavy loss in Kolkata and a grim position in the Guwahati Test now have them staring at another home series defeat, this time to South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIdeally, Virat should have left playing ODIs & continued playing test cricket <\/span>until<\/span> he had nothing to give. Test cricket misses him. Not just as a player but just the energy he brought, the love & passion playing for <\/span>\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<\/span> where he made the team believe that they can win in any condition,” Goswami tweeted on Monday evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ideally Virat should have left playing ODIs & continued playing test cricket untill he had nothing to give. Test cricket misses him. Not just as a player but just the energy he brought, the love & passion playing for \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 where he made the team believe that they can win in any\u2026\u2014 Shreevats goswami (@shreevats1) November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Goswami also engaged in a small fan interaction. A user replied, \u201cHe needed a team environment that conveyed the same sentiment about his role in tests. <\/span>@imVkohli <\/span>decided to stay in the format where he was not being questioned.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAgree. Perhaps he left too soon because of the environment ?? We would never know,” Goswami replied.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agree. Perhaps he left too soon because of the environment ?? We would never know\u2014 Shreevats goswami (@shreevats1) November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

On a track that Kuldeep Yadav had compared to a \u2018road\u2019, the Indian batters were bounced out for a lowly 201 in their first innings by a 6 feet 8 inches tall pacer, Marco Jansen, who returned a haul of 6\/48 after smashing 93 on the second day.<\/p>\n

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