India, May 12 -- While the world is singing songs about the evolving, fast-paced nature of T20 cricket today and India's dominance on the global stage of the shortest format after clinching back-to-back ICC Men's T20 World Cups in 2024 and 2026, the national team once boasted about being at the pinnacle of the challenging world of red-ball Test cricket. Massive credit for that transformation goes to legendary Test captain Virat Kohli, who not only defined an era during his tenure from 2014 to 2022 but also laid the foundation for future generations to build on.

Today, May 12th, marks an entire year since one of the greatest players our generation has witnessed, a man with 9,230 Test runs in 123 matches and 30 centuries to his name, annou...