Sanjay Manjrekar feels that there is no need to panic about the Indian Test team after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirements from the longest format of the game recently.

Kohli and Rohit, who have been two pillars of the Indian Test team, just ahead of the England tour.

This has left two big holes in the Indian batting order, with one of the openers and No.4 spot being vacant. Speaking in a video on his Instagram account, Manjrekar said that there will be a sense of panic at the moment but pointed out how India bounced back from the retirement of the famous fab 4 of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly retired.

The former cricketer pointed out that India became the No.1 team in Tests after the retirement of the fab 4 and feels that as long as there is talent coming in, the side will be in a good place.

"I know there'll be a few fans concerned. There was a sense of panic when the fab 4 quit all at the same time, but guess what? A couple of years later, India was the number one test team in the world."

"So, as long as I believe in this very strongly, as long as the sport is popular in India and there are enough young players, youth, desperate to play for India, and there are thousands in India, which means anybody who sort of comes through that kind of a grind has to be quality talent," said Manjrekar.

'India will continue to be one of the top teams in the world'

Manjrekar went on to say that the team will discover new stars and bowlers and continue to be one of the top teams in the world. However, Manjrekar said that time will be needed with the up and coming side as batting in overseas conditions has been an issue for a long time.

The former cricketer also said that the new team will have nothing to lose.

"So yes, it will take a bit of time, but let's not panic. Remember what happened after Fab 4, the Indian bowling quality improved. The same could happen here as well. You'll discover new stars and new bowlers, and India will continue to be one of the top teams in the world. Then you need some time. Because in overseas conditions, batting is very important and that is where our current fragility lies."

"But guess what? There's another way to look at this current Indian team, where Rohit and Virat Kohli were part of the Indian team.

India lost 3-0 at home against New Zealand and lost poorly, badly in Australia as well. So guess what? With this team, we just have to play nothing to lose. All the best New India," said Manjrekar.