Virat Kohli is considered to be the most accomplished player of his generation. He is also the hero of millions of Indian fans. As a good player and former captain, he scored 9,230 runs in Test cricket. The average was, 46.85. And he also scored 30 centuries and 31 fifties.

Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday. Since his debut in 2011, he has played a ing 123 Tests, his highest score being 254. In the last decade, four batsmen dominated Test cricket and were also known as the 'Fab-Four'. The 36-year-old Kohli was also a member of it.

The other players included were Australia's Steve Smith, New Zealand's Kane Williams and England's Joe Root. His nickname was 'King Kohli'. He was the backbone of batting for India in all three formats of cricket. Kohli retired from Twenty20 cricket after the World Cup final in Barbados last year.

At that time, India also became the champion. At that time, captain Rohit Sharma also announced his retirement along with him. Sharma also announced that he will not play Test cricket just a few days ago. Now Kohli and Sharma will play only 50 over cricket. Kohli's performance in five-day cricket was consistently poor and this is believed to be the main reason behind his retirement from Test cricket.

Between 2011 and 2019, he was in high form in Test cricket, averaging around 55 during this time. But during the last 24 months, his average dropped to 32.25. "Virat never played for records, those records only came to be associated with his game," believes Kohli's autobiographer Vijay Lokpal, "His game proved to be magical due to the combination of batting art and dedication to work." This fact also applies to players like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar. As popular as Tendulkar himself was at one time, Kohli also had the chance to go through a similar streak of popularity at one time.

Coincidentally, Tendulkar was also a role model for Kohli. He wore the number 18 jersey while playing for India and it became the best-selling jersey in India commercially. He chose this number for two reasons. He first made his debut in ODI cricket on August 18, 2008. Similarly, his father Prem Kohli passed away on December 18, 2006. He also wore this number to honor his own father.

Kohli has more than 26 thousand international runs to his name. He has scored a total of 80 centuries in all three formats of cricket. That is why Kohli is often compared with Tendulkar. But the Lokpal disagrees. He says, "I don't agree with this comparison because there is a lot of difference in the playing style of both the players. Tendulkar faced some of the biggest names in his playing career as a bowler. Kohli dominated his contemporary bowlers.'

Kohli, who always looked very aggressive on the field, was more popular among his fans for this reason, despite this, he did not miss the feet of those he respected on the field and continued to take selfies. How popular he is, the number of followers on Instagram is 271 million. Announcing his retirement on the same Instagram, he wrote, "The announcement of retirement was not easy. But I think this is the right time.'

He said, 'I have given everything I could for Test cricket but it has given me back more than that. I want to express my gratitude to everyone as I take leave from Test cricket.' He is also the most successful captain of India in Test cricket. He has captained 60 Tests, winning 40 and losing 17 of them. He was also ahead in terms of earning. He topped the list of highest paid players in India. He earned millions of dollars by playing and advertising other brands.

Kohli in points

7- Kohli scored seven double centuries in Test cricket. He is the most double century scorer among Indian players. Fourth overall. Six of those double centuries were possible in an extraordinary 18 months, between July 2016 and December 2017.

30 – He scored a total of 30 centuries. There are only 14 other players who have scored more centuries in Test cricket than him.

46.85 – His Test average is high in itself.

123 – He played 123 Tests for India. 68 of them were Test captains.

254 – His highest test score was 254. He did it in 2019 against South Africa in Pune. He also remained unbeaten in that innings and this coincidentally was also his last double century.