Virat Kohli: Kohli's 'This' Post Causes Stir in Cricket World

In Brief

• 'You only fail when...', retirement announcement?

• Kohli's post causes a stir in the cricket world

• Indian team for Australia tour

Now, after defeating the West Indies in a two-match Test series, the Indian team will play a series of three ODIs and five T20 matches on the tour of Australia. Virat Kohli has also been included in the Indian team for the three-match ODI series. Recently, the Indian team has arrived in Australia for this series. As soon as he arrived in Australia, Virat Kohli shared a post on X, which has sparked many discussions. After Kohli's post, fans are interpreting it in various ways.

On X, Virat Kohli wrote that you truly fail only when you decide to give up. This post by Kohli is now going viral on social media, with fans interpreting it in various ways. On the other hand, some are saying that Kohli is now preparing for retirement, while others suggest he is gearing up for the 2027 World Cup.

Virat Kohli departed for Australia with the Indian team on October 15. The Indian team will play its first ODI against Australia on October 19. After the T-20 World Cup 2024, Virat Kohli announced his retirement from T-20 international cricket. He also retired from Test cricket in May 2025. Therefore, he will now be seen playing cricket for India in ODIs.

This year, Kohli was seen playing for India only in the Champions Trophy. He will now be seen playing in the three-match ODI series against Australia starting from October 19.

One Day Match Schedule

October 19 – First ODI, Perth

October 23 – Second ODI, Adelaide

October 25 – Third ODI, Sydney

Indian Team for Australia Tour

Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (Wicketkeeper) and Yashasvi Jaiswal.