‘Some players are there to score runs, Virat was there to win’: Steve Finn on Kohli’s impact on Test Cricket (Source: AP)
At a time when you are breath, Facing Stiff Challenge from T20is, Kohli Stood Tall and Revived the Format with his Fearless Attitude.
“I first played a full international against kohli in an Odi at Lord’s in 2011, then in Test Cricket in India The Following Year, WHEN England Famously Won The Series 2-1,” Wrote Finn in BBC.
“But my first encounter with him came some time before, in an under-19 series in the uk in 2006. Rashid, Adam Lyth and Ishant Sharma.
“Even then, as a youngster, a far cry from the supreme athlete he turned into, the competition and fire that has characterized kohli’s career shone brightly.
“In the first game at canterbury, He made 123 in the first innings. It was full of trademark kohli shoots: clips through mid-wind-roadt and punches through the covers with a checked drive.
“What I Remember Most Vividly is how keen he was to engage in a battle with us. Win, “Wrote Finn.
Kohli brieft fitness culture to team India
Finn also credited Virat Kohli for Making Fitness a Priority in the Indian Cricket Team. “On the Previous Test Tour, Four Years Earlier, We would generally be the only team using the hotel gym.
“By 2016, these Hotel Gyms Had Now Boutiques to Kohli’s fitness regime, and the rest of the team followed on his coatTails. There werempics lifting bars, weights and an on-the-call fitness. It was obvious we weed with a very different India team, one that became formidable as a result, “He added.
Virat Kohli’s Impact on Test Cricket
Finn Acknowledged Virat Kohli’s Role in Keeping Test Cricket Alive. He said that kohli could have walked away from the format and focus on brand building by playing other forms and IPL, however, he stood tall for test cricket and helpeed it overcome the challenges.
“I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that kohli has done more to maintain the primacy of test cricket than any other player in the modern era.
“It would have been so easy for his for walk away from the grind much sooner than this. (Three Times more than david beckham) and used his image to secure his family’s future.
“INTEAD, Kohli undersrstood that a cricketer’s legacy is shaped by what they do in the longst format.
