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Virat, the pied piper of modern Indian cricket
The New Indian Express Sambalpur
|May 13, 2025
DURING the second day of the fifth Test between India and Australia in Sydney earlier this year, when Jasprit Bumrah (the stand-in captain) had walked off the field, Virat Kohli took charge.
DURING the second day of the fifth Test between India and Australia in Sydney earlier this year, when Jasprit Bumrah (the stand-in captain) had walked off the field, Virat Kohli took charge. Even before that moment, he was actively playing a role. Sydney, however, was different. Kohli was the stand-in captain with Bumrah not taking part in the rest of the game. And for a little over 24 hours, it seemed like time had travelled backwards. Kohli was doing what he had done best, leading India in Test cricket.
This story is from the May 13, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Sambalpur.
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