Team India's greatest batsman Virat Kohli is celebrating his 34th birthday today. Kohli, who debuted for India in 2008, started his career when the Indian team's playing XI included the names of legends whom Virat grew up to idolize. Alam was that during this time Kohli came out to open, and sometimes came at number four, seventh, or third. However, time passed, and gradually Kohli was seen batting at number three, his favorite since 2010. Kohli made his T20 debut against Zimbabwe in 2010. The very next year, he also made his Test debut. After this, the whole world saw such a batsman who has the power to change the course of the match on his own, in front of whom the biggest bowler is afraid and captaincy in such a way, which will continue to be discussed today and tomorrow as well.
In 2014, only three years after making his Test debut, Virat Kohli was selected as the captain of the team and this work was done by the then-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni reposed faith in him. After three years, Virat Kohli became the full-time captain of the team. Dhoni's career as a captain is not growing much, but the passion and passion that was seen in his captaincy, his whole world is convinced. Under his captaincy, the team achieved many historic victories and came a long way in many big tournaments, but the trophy was not achieved. However, this trend did not last long, and only after being ruled out of the start of the tournament in the 2021 T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli decided to step down from the post of the captaincy of the T20 team.
At the same time, if experts are to be believed, Kohli was removed from the captaincy of the ODI, because the board wanted the limited-overs captain to be the same, so Rohit Sharma has been chosen as the captain of the team. After this, Kohli also relinquished the Test captaincy after the 2-1 Test series loss to Africa in the same year. There was a lot of ruckus on the decision to leave the captaincy, but with time things got left behind.
Now all eyes were once again on the batsman Virat Kohli, who had crossed India's line for a long time. However, after stepping down from the captaincy, Kohli did not appear to be in rhythm. Especially in the shortest format of the game, after which questions arose about his place in the T20 team, people said that when Kohli is not scoring runs, then throw out Kohli, and give a chance to someone else who can do better. Have you beenHe was also a flop during the IPL and got out for zero thrice? After this, Kohli took a break several times, and questions were raised on this too, but Virat Kohli's bad phase continued.
He took a month-long break after the tour of England in July and just before the Asia Cup. This time everyone was waiting that maybe Kohli would be back in form and Kohli also did not disappoint his fans. Meanwhile, in the Asia Cup itself, Virat Kohli also scored his 71st international century, ending the century drought of 1020 days. Virat did not stop here and in the last 9 innings, he has scored four half-centuries. He was the second-highest run-scorer in the Asia Cup 2022 and he is the highest run-scorer this season in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia, while also becoming the highest run-scorer in the history of the T20 World Cup.
The last year has been full of bitterness for Virat. Left the captaincy, no runs scored with the bat, and there was a line of advice for retirement, but Virat Kohli did not give up hope, did not hold the bat for a month, took a break, came back, and showed that he had the most of the game of this era. Why is he called a great batsman? The return of Virat Kohli teaches the young players that one should not give up under any circumstances. Looking at the current form of Kohli, who has hit an entry in the 33rd to 34th year, it seems that the picture is yet to come, my friend.
