EXCLUSIVE — Ravi Shastri on peak Virat Kohli: Can never forget his verbal duel with Mitchell Johnson in Melbourne in 2014

Virat Kohli’s Test retirement marks the end of an era defined as much by numbers as by nerve. India’s fourth-highest run-scorer in the format didn’t just amass centuries — he announced himself in enemy territory, swung momentum with attitude, and made belief contagious. Ravi Shastri, who coached India during Kohli’s most defining years, recalled a … Read more

Virat Kohli’s nightmare in the corridor of temptation: A statistical deep dive

Virat Kohli punched his thigh and furiously let out an expletive, directed at himself, as he fatally nicked a ball outside off-stump for the eighth time in the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The sequence of his symmetrical dismissals in the series ended with him taking the long walk back to the dressing room, probably for … Read more

Virat Kohli record in Adelaide: Batting stats in Adelaide Oval ahead of the 2nd BGT Test; Pink-ball test record

India’s star batter Virat Kohli will look to continue his good start to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with the bat when the team takes on Australia in the second Test in Adelaide. Kohli has an enviable record on Australian soil, scoring 1457 runs in 14 matches across four trips Down Under. The 36-year-old’s run tally in … Read more