IND vs SL: Virat Kohli Has Left A Legacy For World Cricket As Test Skipper: Dinesh Karthik

Virat Kohli is all set to play his 100th Test match in Mohali. The Test match also kicks off the two-Test match series which is a part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023. Heading into this series, India whitewashed the Lankans in the three-match T20I series.

50 per cent crowd capacity has also been allowed to enter the stadiums across the five days of the Test match to witness the historic moment of Virat Kohli’s career. So far in 99 Test matches, Kohli has scored 7962 with 27 hundreds and seven double tons at an average of 50.39.

Veteran Indian wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik who will play alongside Kohli at RCB in IPL 2022 said that he has left behind a rich legacy in Test cricket as captain. Kohli as India’s Test skipper has won 40 out of 68 Test matches making him the most successful Test skipper of the country. Only Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, and Steve Waugh have won more matches than Kohli as captain in Test cricket.

Dinesh Karthik Lauds Virat Kohi’s Contribution To Test Cricket

“I do not think Virat Kohli has just left a legacy for Indian cricket, he has left a legacy for world cricket. The intensity with which India has played Test cricket for the last few years has been phenomenal. The world has been amazed by how much energy Virat can bring. People all around the globe enjoyed that. I think Kohli brought fitness to the table and he has made that a mandate, people have followed that and you can see the standard of fielding has gone up two notches,” said Karthik on the ICC Review.

Virat Kohli first led India against Australia in 2014 and he played his last Test as skipper against South Africa in Cape Town. He stepped down as a Test skipper following India’s 2-1 loss in the series.

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