India, July 5 -- Former India captain Kapil Dev has echoed what many Indian cricket fans have felt ever since Virat Kohli walked away from Test cricket - that the batting great retired earlier than he should have. Revisiting Kohli's shock decision, Kapil said the former India skipper still had plenty of Test cricket left in him, while comparing his fiery on-field personality to tennis legend John McEnroe.

Kohli stunned the cricketing world in May last year when he announced his retirement from Test cricket, bringing the curtain down on one of India's greatest red-ball careers. The decision came with the former captain just 770 runs short of the coveted 10,000-run milestone in the format.

Looking back on Kohli's retirement, Kapil admitte...