In the Virat test captaincy era of Indian team, we never lost against any team on our soil. The last test series we lost at home was back in 2012. You must be thinking why am I only talking about test cricket in spite of his brilliant records in other formats as well. To be honest here, test cricket was dying. No fans came to watch test matches whereas many came to watch ODI or T20Is or IPL. When Virat became the captain he was a superstar, and he revived the dying format of test cricket and prioritized it as it was his favorite format. And he did that successfully, the spectators came back, and sponsores started investing money again in test cricket. This way he made it our most loved format. With his energy in the field we could watch 6-8 hours of play daily to 5 days without missing a ball. He was the saviour of test cricket during his captaincy atleast. Now I've not seen him play a test match when he's no longer the captain but I know despite of all the 'behavior' against him, he'll continue to give 120% on the field as he used to give.Coming to the home dominance, it was with the bat also. 6 out of his 7 double hundreds came in India and three of them in continuous series. They were scores like
200 Vs West Indies, Antigua, 2016
211 Vs New Zealand, Indore, 2016
235 Vs England, Mumbai, 2016
204 Vs Bangladesh, Hyderabad, 2016
213 Vs Sri Lanka, Nagpur, 2017
243 Vs Sri Lanka, Delhi, 2017
254 not out Vs South Africa, Pune, 2019He played every inning as if it was his last. He also got innumerable half centuries and centuries in these years and has 4th most number of test centuries to his name in Indian cricket, 27 to be precise. He is the only player to maintain 50+ average in all the formats of games, even T20Is where him getting every innings isn't sure. He is India's highest run scorer in active cricketers in all three formats maintaining a good 'social distancing' from anyone else. A may had and a few will score more than him, but world cricket won't get a cricketer as passionate and determined as Virat Kohli. That's why he is idol to many and is the most followed person in Asia with 182 million followers on Instagram alone.! He is loved by people in India and overseas. People who even don't know cricket, know Virat Kohli. That's why he is a Youth Icon and a Brand in himself.
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The Victorious Competitor ✅
FanfictionEvery cricket fan out there is familiar with the name of Virat Kohli, and what a delight he is to watch when he is batting. But not many know about how he became the person and the cricketer he is today, how he strived to be the best, survived throu...
