Karsan Ghavri alleges that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were compelled to retire prematurely from Test cricket due to internal politics within the BCCI and the selection committee. Ghavri claims that both players desired to continue playing, but were forced out, and Kohli was not even given a farewell.
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