Which player will take the fourth position of Virat Kohli? The Indian team will visit England next month. It will be important to see who will handle India’s captaincy after Rohit Sharma’s retirement. Currently, Team India’s T20 captaincy has been handed over to Suryakumar Yadav, while both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have announced retirement from Test cricket on social media. Team India will play the first Test match against England from 20 June to 24 June. On Monday, Virat Kohli broke the heart of crores of cricket fans. Now it will be important to see which players will replace Virat Kohli in the Indian team.
Kohli announced his retirement from his favorite format. Everyone is upset with Virat’s sudden retirement from Test cricket. But the big question is, who will replace King Kohli in the Test team? Who will be the batsman who will be able to wreak havoc like Kohli at number four? Four contenders are seen to replace Virat at number four. KL Rahul played in place of Rohit Sharma in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, but now it will be interesting to see who will get a place in the team as an opener.
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After Virat Kohli, KL Rahul seems to be the best option to play at number four. Rahul has experience and also has the ability to get the team out of the pressure situation. Rahul has also played in the middle order earlier. Rahul has played two innings at number four and scored 108 runs during this period. Rahul is often used as an opener and is also played in many different positions. With the retirement of Kohli, Team India has been cleared for Sarfaraz Khan. Team management can replace Sarfaraz at number four in place of Kohli.
Shubman Gill also seems to be a good option to play at number four instead of Virat. Gill may have batted on top order in his Test career so far, but he can also bat at this place. Gill’s batting shows patience and excellence that can give him great success at this place. According to reports, Sai Sudarshan, who scored a lot of runs in IPL 2025, can be selected in the Indian team for the tour of England. Sudarshan has opened the IPL, but the team management can give him a chance at number four. Along with aggressive batting, Sudarshan has also shown restraint in his batting.
