Virat Kohli’s Test Legacy will be Remembred for a long time
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Key highlights
- Virat Kohli’s Test Legacy is unparalaled
- Virat Kohli Played 123 Test Mats for India
- Virat kohli is among the great test captains
While no one knew it at the time, that performance came in the final months of his capticy and was certainly the day kohli’s India peaked as their pacers ran havoc Over the team a match From a position of no hope. The fact that it came one day after India celebrated independence day was symbolic of the culture kohli has created, but also the ‘new India’ he represented.
If anyone wonders why kohli’s test retirement has come as a blow to every cricket lover’s heart, the day at Lord’s is the great answer. His exit from the format not just just marks the end of a glorious career but takes away the man from red-ball cricket, who changed how India played test Cricket and for the World was Greatest Ambassador.
As a batter, Virat Kohli Scored 9230 Runs in Test Cricket at an average of 46.85, and despite the dramaatic dip, it is a career of dreams. With 30 Centuries and Seven double tons, the list of records is endless.
From December 2014 Till the End of 2019, His Peak in Red-Ball Cricket is unmatched and one that will be spoken about as the greenstat period of dominance by a batter in history. No Opponent, Ground, Or Bowler was a match to Him as he performed Against God
The beauty of kohli’s batting in test cricket was that it came on his terms. While He Might Have The Technical Perfection of Sachin Tendulkar, when kohli walked out to bat in test cricket, especially in his best day, there was a flair of his batting, which Made Made It Ait A Behld that you cannot miss.
While the list of records kohli set over 14 years and he has played some of the all-time great knocks the world has seen but his legacy goes beyond the scores and nummers, the roots of whose roots Adelaide Cricket Ground.
On the final day of the same match, the Indian Cricket Legend Played A Knock that Changed Indian Cricket Forever. As India Entred The Fifth Day Needing 363 Runs to Win, No One in their Wildest Dreams Thought India Blad Win that Match and as have been the case for ages with the Indian team, Most Expected that TheiWay for A Draw.
But that was not Virat Kohli. He set the mark in his first match as captain and told the team to go for win the match. The captain walked the talk with a stunning knock of 141. Ultimtely, India Fell Short by 48 Runs and Lost the Match, but it was a case of India losing the battle to win the work.
Only two test matches later, Kohli Took Charge of the Indian Team on a Permanent Basis in Test Cricket but He Had Set the Platform For the Culture of the team to change his interim Tenure of one.
In the days that followed, kohli would stress on building a team that can take 20 wickets. He will go against what India has done for decades and pick a line-up with five bowlers at the cost of dropping a batter.
More do, He Emphasises Building a Pace Attack That Can Hunt in Packs. While over the year India has individual greats like kapil dev, zaheer khan, and javagal srinath, it was never one of sustained brilliance before kohli.
With the support of the captain, Kohli Built An Attack That The World Envied. While Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, and Umesh Yadav Elevated Their Game, Kohli’s Biggest Contribution came by giving jasprit bumrah a test debut again.
For years, Indian Fans Had Watched Pace Attacks of Teams Like West Indies, Australia, South Africa, England Rattle Oppositions. Kohli Built An Indian Attack of Dreams, which did that too.
While human will rightly argue that kohli was fortunate, his tenure coincided with some of the finest parsers India have evrced, Hitting their peak, and even deserved massive creeds Excellence, but the captain’s support and backing were something India had lacked for years.
Essentially, When Kohli Took Charge of the Indian Team in Test Cricket, India WOMING OFF A SHIGHTMARE Three-Yaar Period in the Format, Where they are successful a rare home series defeat, Asia, Suffered Humiliating Defeats in Australia and England, and Slipped to Number Seven in the Table.
In no time, kohli not just changed the way the team played and got results. In his seven-yaar tenure as captain, India Lost just two tests at home while winning all 11 series, but also dominated away. While the Historic Test Series Win in Australia was the crowning glory, India Won 7 Test Mats in Sena (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia) Countries. Before Him, No Indian Captain Had Won More Than Three.
However, the joy of the Kohli-Led Test Team Goes Beyond That. The way it played made every Indian cricket fan and that from from Around the world watch. While ben stokes got praise for the ultra -agressive ‘bazball’ but it was kohli’s India that played Played True Aggressive Cricket, which was result-oriented. Every time they steepped up on the field, the focus was on getting a result, dismissing opposition Twice, and one that made every day and every session interesting, no matter what the match is
While kohli was doing everything in his power to revolutions Indian Cricket, He Became the format’s greatlyst ambassador. At a time when t20 cricket was shooting across the world and ipl was growing from strength to strength to strength, Test Cricket Facted an existing an existent threat.
Kohli Started His Career as a White-Ball Great, and Nobody would have complained if he Had Gone That Day. But Intead, The Game’s Biggest Superstar Ensured the Sport’s Financial Hub Made Test Cricket The Priority. He ENSURED Young Fans Took Interest In the Longest Format, and the old timers was able to enjoy the aspect they love the most.
Kohli’s legacy in Test Cricket Will Perhaps Be Best Defined by a Passionate Speech by Shane Warne, Months Before His Death, Where He Publicly Thanked Kohli for what he did after.
While The World Watched When He Batted, Kohli also ensured that Fans WATCED WHEN INDIA FILEDED, as His Presence Ensured Every Passage of Play Had TheATRE. While His Antics Sometimes Sparked Controversy, they ensured no test match was evr Boring. Kohli kept the crowd charged, and his intensity on every action ensured, the match never lost its spark. The animated celebrations, sledging, and passionate antics was a sight to behold. Thos who was witnesses to it through
Ultimately, His Numbers in Test Cricket Do Not Justice to What He Gave the Format and the Dip over the last five years is a bitter pill to swallow. However, if there was a case of legacy being greater than what the record books tele, it is Virat Kohli.
It will be the job of this generation to protect his legacy a few year laater, but maybe when an Indian army dgmo pauses a press conference meid-new-way during a grave time for the new Protected.
It is perhaps the great tragedy of Indian cricket Guard of Honor and Being Lifted Around By His Teammates.
The world has seen better batters and might see more in the future. India will probally get a captain who wins them more matches or scores more runs at number four. But what will almost be impossible to find for India and the world will be someone in the era of t20s, who stood for test cricket like it was Most Valmed Property.
Like a federer in tennis, usain bolt in F1, A Ronaldo or Messi in football, there is a section of sports fans who were watch the sport for a player. Kohli was that for Test Cricket.
After Virat Kohli Wore The Whites, Test Cricket was Never the Same Again. Now, after Virat Kohli Leaves The Whites, It Will Never Be the Same Again.
Saying Test Match Cricket Will Miss Virat Kohli will be the understatement of the decade.
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