Full Circle of Virat Kohli's Test Journey

Speculation around Virat Kohli's red-ball future had been building for months and now, it has finally come to an end.

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His rise would also script his fall. While Kohli has dazzled in the ongoing Indian Premier League and was instrumental in India's recent ICC Champions Trophy win, guiding the team to its second white-ball trophy in less than a year.

Here is a timeline of Virat's Australia tours:

2011-12: A 23-year-old walked to the Australian shores for the first time ever with immense scrutiny on him. After managing just 202 runs in four games against the West Indies with two promising fifties at home after a disastrous Test debut in the Caribbean, an Australia tour was a make-or-break opportunity for a young Virat, surrounded by legends like Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, and Virender Sehwag in their last legs of career, but nonetheless, winners in Australia.