Roger Binny, chairman of the Indian cricket council, after praise at Varat Kohli, after retirement of the Indian SuperStar from the test cricket. Binny said in an official statement of BCCI that Kohli was the main reason for the incredible results of India in the overseas test cricket after 2015.
Virat Kohli was taken over by the test captain Midway via Trophy Border-Gavascar in 2014/15. Kohli led the Indian party 7 years later and became the most successful captain in the history of Indian cricket. Under the leadership of India dough in 2018/19, she won her first Border-Gavascar trophy in Australia and continued rivalry.
Binny said Kohli refused to be the second best, and it inspired the generation to boast a test cricket.
“Virt Kohli’s name will be remembered with the most beautiful thing that has ever decorated the test cricket. What separated him was not just his hunger for running, but his determination to perfection in the most difficult format of the game.
Kohli’s decision to lose a little over a month away from the Indian Test Tour after England, which begins a new World Championship cycle. Minister Bcci Devyit Saikia appreciated Kohli’s constant pressure on high standards and attributed him an example for the rest in difficult conditions away from home.
“The test cricket not only found the ambassador, but a real guard in Kohli. He led the front, managed higher standards and put unrivaled emphasis on fitness, discipline and mental toughness. Saikia said the same statement.
A complete statement of BCCI on the virat kohli
Council for cricket control in India (BCCI) congratulates the virtue of Kohli for an extraordinary test career that has redefined the standards of excellence, management and commitment in the Indian cricket.
Virat’s departure from the longest format brings to the closure of a chapter that not only increased the Indian cricket on the global scene, but also revived the public passion for the test cricket in the era dominated by the formats limited. He placed the purest form of the game back on the pedestal. His deep respect for the format was obvious not only in his words, but also in the hard pride with which he wore Indian white.
Since its debut against West India in 2011 to its final test at the beginning of this year, Virt’s red-ball career took 14 years of the highest consistency, unrivaled competitiveness and courageous leadership. His test career will complete 9 230 runs in 123 matches, on average 46.85 with 30 centuries and 31 years.
However, its real impact exceeds the numbers. He redefined the attitude with which the Indian cricket proceeded to test matches – regardless of the fact that without aggressive and uncompromising. As a captain, he led India in 68 tests and recorded 40 victories, making him the most successful captain of the test in the history of Indian cricket. Under his leadership, she performed on the ranking No. 1 and remained on top of 42 consecutive months.
His 115 and 141 in the Adelaide test on his captain’s debut in 2014 set the tone of what was to follow. The aggressive intentions were clarified because India did not leave 364. In this process, since 1961 it became the first guest body to record two centuries in Australia – a power that remains unrivaled. The most difficult opponents often brought the best in it, and in 2018-19, India under his leadership became the first Asian side to win a test series in Australia.
Under his leadership, India also recorded overseas victories in Sri Lanka and western India and ended up as the finals in the first final of the ICC World Championship in 2021. India remained in the test series under his captain and won 10 out of 11 series.
In the field, his legacy is really reflected in the culture he built – Fitter, a harder and more militant Indian team that believed in the ability to win anywhere in the world. He inspired a generation of crickets to treat the test cricket as a final stage of character and skills.
Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
12 May 2025
Tune
