R Ashwin’s Virat Kohli tribute: ‘India will miss the Test batsman, the captain and the soldier…’
There is no doubt that Virat Kohli is the greatest Test captain India has ever had.A lot can be said about his batting but what stood out about him was his energy levels. His energy levels in his batting, captaincy, competitiveness… Sometimes I would be tempted to ask him ‘what did you eat today before coming to the game?!”
But the retirement does raise a question in me: Did Virat Kohli have one or two years more of Test cricket in him?
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Was his energy levels a reason? Did he think..”hey I don’t have the mental capacity to handle it.” To fight fight fight.. not many speak about it but the search for excellence is set by the personal benchmark set by ourselves. People will criticise us based on the benchmarks set by oneself.
But looking at it ...