Highs and lows: How Virat Kohli will be remembered

Virat Kohli, India's most successful Test captain, announced his retirement from the format on Monday.

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The 36-year-old Kohli played 123 Tests for India, scoring 9230 runs with 30 hundreds and 31 half centuries at an average of 46.85. A look at highs and lows of his Test career that spanned over 14 years...

Kohli didn't start his Test career in a spectacular fashion but 1721 runs from the first 24 Tests at an average of 46.51 was pretty good.

He made a stunning century (116 off 213 balls) in Adelaide in 2012. He was the highest scorer for India on the tour with over 300 runs in four Tests.

Legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag struggled but not the Delhi batter.

Kohli's best years in Tests started with the Australia tour in 2014-15. During the tour, he scored 692 runs at an average of 86.50, including four hundreds. He also took over as a captain during the series.

From then till the end of the Bangladesh tour of India in 2019-20, he amassed 5347 runs in the longest format of the game at an average of 63.65. During this period, he hit 21 of his 30 centuries from just 90 innings.