'You Couldn't Take Your Eyes Off Kohli...': Michael Atherton Lauds Virat Post Retirement

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Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 08:39 IST

Michael Atherton has lauded Virat Kohli's Test career, noting his passionateness and interaction connected Indian cricket.

Virat Kohli has announced his status from Tests (Picture credit: AFP)

Former England skipper Michael Atherton has said that helium loved watching Virat Kohli play each time of his 123 Tests, adding that 1 couldn’t instrumentality their eyes disconnected the latter, 3 days aft the prima India batter announced his status from the longest format, conscionable implicit a period earlier India’s five-Test circuit of England.

Kohli represented India successful 123 Tests, scoring 9,230 runs astatine an mean of 46.85, including 30 hundreds.

Kohli led India to 40 victories successful 68 Tests, the astir by immoderate Indian skipper to date, and helium is wide considered the champion Indian skipper successful the longest format.

“I loved watching him play each time of his 123 Tests. You couldn’t instrumentality your eyes disconnected Kohli. He enactment his bosom and psyche into Test cricket, and that vigor and passionateness ne'er seemed to dim," Atherton said portion speaking connected Sky Sports Cricket.

Atherton said that Kohli needed to admit the unsocial challenges of Tests, a format helium not conscionable embraced but elevated with unmatched intensity.

“You benignant of pity the idiosyncratic who has to follow," Atherton said portion speaking connected a probable replacement for Kohli astatine No. 4.

“I’ve been a monolithic Virat Kohli instrumentality implicit the past 14 years. But helium was truthful much than conscionable the stats, it was his aura, swagger and passion. No 1 embodied the meaning of cricket successful India much than Kohli," Atherton’s erstwhile teammate Nasser Hussain said.

Under Kohli’s captaincy, India became the No. 1 Test squad successful the world, holding that presumption for implicit 3 years.

“He is the eventual winner. He can’t spell connected the tract and not beryllium 100%. Everything for Kohli is astir winning. That’s wherefore helium was truthful bully successful tally chases and wherefore India became specified a formidable force," Hussain said.

England are scheduled to big India for a five-match Test bid opening June 20, which is the commencement of the 2025-2027 World Test Championship rhythm arsenic well.

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