David Warner hailed Virat Kohli as a "legend of our game" after the India great confirmed his retirement from Test cricket.
Kohli hit nine Test centuries against Australia, his highest against any opposition in the format with only Sachin Tendulkar scoring more against the Baggy Greens in the format among Indians (11)
David Warner hailed Virat Kohli as a "legend of our game" after the India great confirmed his retirement from Test cricket.
Kohli called time on his illustrious 14-year Test career on Monday.
He bows out as India's fourth-highest run scorer in the longest format, while he is also his nation's most successful captain in terms of win percentage, having won 59% of the matches he led the team in (40/68).
Kohli was involved in some fierce matches against Australia, but Warner –바카라 웹사이트who retired from international cricket last year –바카라 웹사이트hailed his former rival.
"Absolute legend of our game," Kohli posted on Instagram alongside a picture of Kohli and himself.
"I’ll never forget our first game against each other when we were young. I thought this guy was a serious competitor and going to be great, someone everyone would admire.
"You had to fill the shoes of some great players to ever play for India and carry the nation. Wow, did you not disappoint?
"Thank you for being you, which got the best out of all of us who competed against you. Enjoy the time now away from the whites. Enjoy the extra family time."
Kohli is the only Indian batter to score 5+ Test centuries in consecutive calendar years (2017 and 2018) and the fifth batter to do so overall (also Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Steve Smith and Joe Root).
The 36-year-old proved particularly effective against Australia, too.
Kohli struck four tons in the 2014-15 Border Gavaskar Trophy, the joint most by an Indian batter in a single bi-lateral series in men's Tests (also Sunil Gavaskar – vs West Indies in 1970-71 & 1978-79).
Overall, he바카라 웹사이트hit nine바카라 웹사이트Test centuries against Australia, his highest against any opposition in the format with only Sachin Tendulkar scoring more against the Baggy Greens in the format among Indians (11).
Indeed, Kohli has hit seven바카라 웹사이트of these centuries in Australia, with only England's Jack Hobbs having more Test centuries Down Under (nine) among visiting batters.