Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket last week, drawing the curtain on a storied career that spanned 123 matches and yielded 9,230 runs at an average of 46.85. His decision, which comes ahead of India’s five-Test tour of England beginning June 20, follows closely on the heels of Rohit Sharma’s exit from the … Read more
Great players offer hope and make us believe in sporting miracles. For a large part of his Test career, Virat Kohli was all this and much more. Having called time on his association with cricket’s longest format on Monday, an end of an era is obvious for Indian cricket. A quartet of significant batters will … Read more
Virat Kohli, Test cricket’s best ambassador, has opted to move away from the format in a decision driven by the team’s needs more than personal desires. Coming on the heels of Rohit Sharma’s retirement from Test cricket, it is a double blow India would have to deal with in a few months when the team … Read more
Before Royal Challengers Bengaluru became synonymous with Virat Kohli, the India international’s younger self arrived at the Indian Premier League franchise in 2008, fresh from his U-19 World Cup triumph. “As a young Indian cricketer, I was obviously looking forward to playing with the Indian legends. I was very nervous about meeting Rahul [Dravid] bhai, … Read more
A chorus of ‘Kohli, Kohli’ and ‘RCB, RCB’ began echoing around the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday morning, long before the first ball was bowled at 9.30 a.m. These chants have been heard many times before at international and Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. But for a Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Railways, this … Read more