Virat Kohli is one of the few cricketers in the world who can adapt to all three formats. Although Virat Kohli is very fond of Test cricket. King Kohli often speaks about the importance of Test cricket. This time too, he spoke at length about red-ball cricket, keeping in mind the status of Test cricket. Kohli said that Test cricket is the real ‘Test’.
On Star Sports, Virat Kohli said, “Whether you like it or not, you have to show a different temperament in Test cricket. It’s not a game that lasts a few hours or a day. Test cricket is your everything ‘Test.'” It does. That’s the real test.”
These days the Indian team is on tour of South Africa where a two-match Test series will be played. The first match of the series took place in which Team India suffered a defeat by an innings and 32 runs. However, Virat Kohli had scored 76 runs in the third innings of the match and Team India’s second innings in which he hit 12 fours and 1 six.
Kohli made his Test debut against West Indies in 2011, since then he has played 112 Tests. In 189 innings of these matches he has scored 8790 runs at an average of 49.38, which includes 29 centuries and 29 half centuries and 7 double centuries. Kohli has hit 983 fours and 25 sixes in his Test career. It is noteworthy that this year i.e. 2023, Kohli has played 8 Tests in which he scored 671 runs at an average of 55.91 in 12 innings in which he included 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries.