Team India will miss the services of stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the upcoming five-match Test series against England, following the duo’s recent decision to step away from the longest format of the game.

Former England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott remarked that, more than Rohit, India will feel Kohli’s absence in the series against the Three Lions.

"Rohit was a superb batsman. At his best, a beautiful stroke player, but he won't be missed as much as Kohli, because his Test record was good rather than exceptional. In the last couple of years, his batting was a little inconsistent, which was not surprising in his late 30s," Boycott wrote in his column for the Daily Telegraph