Virat Kohli has retired from Test cricket. His entry in Team India was through one-day matches. Would you believe that he got a chance to wear a test cap in 2011 after three years. Then his batting style limited was considered worth the over. He was playing in one-day and T20 continuously from 2008 to 2011 but not in Tests but when he came in Tests, what amazing played. His two years, especially two years, were so golden that his stature began to look bigger than any cricket legend.
After all, why did he get entry in Test cricket for so long. What was the real reason. And how were those two years when they exploded that people started chanting their names again. Believe me that this Virat began to look so great that the brightness of the stunts like Sachin became a bit faded. Because those games were like this. In those two years, people started saying that they do not play with bat, but play with such a machine of runs, which never fail.
In those days, the country was also making a big bang on what foreign pitches. Whether it was Australia’s bouncy wickets or New Zealand’s rustic balls or the difficult weather of England – his bat was going on everywhere. Statistics say that in those two years there was no such batsman in the whole world who has stayed around him.
Waiting for more than three years to play test
Why did Virat not get a place in the Indian Test team then, why did he have to wait for more than three years. It also has a story. In fact, at that time there were veteran batsmen like Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly in the Indian Test team. While he was difficult to make young players a place in the Test team. For this reason, Kohli had to wait to make a place among these veterans.
Virat Kohli 149 runs, Edgbaston. This was in the best innings of Virat Kohli in the year 2018. He played a memorable innings in front of England’s challenging weather and sharp swing and seam bowling. (News18)
Then his test technique was not trusted
The experts then believed that his technology is probably not for the challenges of Test cricket and challenges against fast bowlers. Kohli improved his technology over time, especially in playing off-stump balls and strengthening the defense. Whoever has seen Virat playing since then, he will say that this cricketer changed 360 degrees from every angle himself. As a cricketer who mastered technology from discipline to technology.
Thank Dhoni too
Kohli got a chance to debut in Test cricket in 2011, when he played in the Kingston Test against the West Indies. This debut was not special. 4 in the first innings and 15 runs in the second innings. The initial matches will be called average. However, in this case, the then captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni should also be thanked that if Virat became so powerful, he had to believe in Chiku.
His innings of 116 runs (Adelaide Test) proved his ability in Test cricket on the 2011-12 tour of 2011-12. Then Kohli became a cannon of batting.
The year 2016 and 2018 from Virat ‘Mahavirrat’
In the career of “King Kohli”, 2016 and 2018 are counted in his best years. Years to score runs and centuries. Virat Kohli, who won the hearts of cricket lovers with technology, mental fortune, and leadership skills.
In the year 2016 and 2018, his bat was known as Ranmashin. In these two years, he put such a lot of runs all over the world which still looks like a dream.
Average of 75, 7 century, 2595 runs in year
Let’s look at the first year 2016. This year, he did every format of cricket incomparable work. Test, ODI, and T20 scored 2595 runs, 7 centuries and 13 half -centuries. He used to come to play and used to play the entire Baja of the opposition team. Understand their an average of 75.93, what must have been playing Dhundhar then. Perfect and complete control in every match. In the Indian Premier League (IPL), he made a great fanfare this year. 973 runs. A record that is not broken even today.
Was double century hit in Antigua
If you remember some of his memorable innings of this year, then it was a test against the West Indies in Antigua. When he first scored a double century. This innings was mesmerized. Caribbean bowlers sweated. Fast bowlers came. Then the spinners tried to fill it. But everyone’s evil became the past. Amazing cover drives and loft shots. 200 runs off 283 balls. It should be said that he was also changing the definition of batting in Test cricket. Because his innings was not only perfect but also fast. Such fast double centuries are less in Test cricket. Then when India won this match by innings and 92 runs, its undisputed superstar was Virat.
And double century of test style
In the same year, he scored another double century against New Zealand on Indore’s wicket in India. However, this time he played in Test style. Played in book style. Played like a very mature batsman. It was also shown that the test tammary in them has also been filled with codes. 211 runs in 366 balls. This innings showed that Virat knows how to play long innings. He then played very restrained in front of the bowlers like Trent Bolt and Mitchell Santner. The innings slowly carried forward. Those who kept saying that they do not know how to stay on the wicket, they had to be silent. Back-foot punch and late-cut shots are considered special shots of Test cricket and in this match he put it a lot.
This switchover is not easy
It is said that it is not easy to shift your own batting in one-day and T20 mood and temperament from Test cricket. Successful cricketers who do so in international cricket will be on fingers. King Kohli will probably be at the top of them. Because the reason for saying this was a 113 -run innings of 72 balls against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL in the same year. The bowlers were driven mad by 12 fours and 4 sixes. Then Royal Challengers Bangalore had to get an easy victory.
Virat Kohli was made Alexander of cricket by these two years.
Alexander of cricket
After all, what did Kohli do this year that on seeing this, he reached Mount Everest of cricket. This year, the balance and flexibility in Kohli’s batting technology began to appear clearly. Everyone started to understand, this person has now left to become Alexander of cricket. This year, the defense in his game was strengthened. Then he was playing long innings. The ability to cover the off-stump line made him very effective against the swing bowlers.
Do you know which aspect of Kohli made him King Kohli. That was his shot selection. He started putting his shot pitch and bowler on the basis of bowler. Cover drives, loft cover shots and flick shots were winning the hearts of people. There has always been a lot of talk about his fitness, how he became such a strong cricketer that his example started to be given. Mental strength was always there in them.
Year 2018, 2735 runs, 11 centuries… buried pegs
After this came the second golden year of 2018. When he became captain. And then captain Virat also buried a strong peg as a batsman. This year was fantastic even from 2016. This year he scored 2735 runs, including 11 centuries and 9 half -centuries. His average was 68.37. This time, he set the bat on the wicket like Angad in England and Australia on foreign land so that it became difficult to uproot it.
Kohli won three major ICC awards in 2018. Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, ICC Test Player of the Year and ICC ODI Player of the Year.
Where the batsman gets the real challenge
It is said that the real test of any powerful cricketer is in England. The weather there, fast wickets are such a challenge that there is only one who is really powerful and capable. When Kohli landed in Edgbaston Test in 2018, England had dangerous swing and seam bowling. It was not easy to play in front of James Anderson and Ben Stokes but Kohli played him very leisurely. 149 runs in 225 balls. A mixture of magnificent defense and aggressive shots. India was in trouble in this match. Kohli worked to awaken hope in a difficult situation. Yes, it was definitely that we could not win even after this memorable innings.
The music of the bat was heard from Perth to Centurion
In the same year, Kohli took the Perth and played the best century innings on the Centurion wicket of South Africa. His technology had improved further. Especially about playing in foreign circumstances. The movement of his feet is an important part of his batting. He seals the bowler’s length quickly. Accordingly, adjust back and forth. There were different types of pitch everywhere but they were ready everywhere. Because they had the treasure of technology. He used to remain calm under pressure. Used to be adamant on his strategy.
So these were the two years, which made Virat very great. People had either started comparing him with Sachin or started saying that the country has got a strong batsman like Sachin. Although it should be said that these two golden years are so golden that they look like a dream.
