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Mark Butcher: Virat Kohli leaves the format he loved with lasting legacy

Mark Butcher:

This week marked the retirement of the most influential Test cricketer of the 21st century, and in my view the most influential Indian cricketer of all-time.
It’s no exaggeration to say that Virat Kohli’s drive and passion resurrected Test cricket in India, and by extension gave it a shot in the arm elsewhere in the world at a time when interest in the longer format appeared to be waning.
There was a feeling that MS Dhoni, Kohli’s predecessor as Test captain, had white-ball cricket as his primary focus, and that India had slightly turned away from Test cricket as a result. But that all ch...

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