10 years of Kohlism - Virat Kohli's India career in pictures

2014

Kohli was the leading run-getter in the 2014 World T20

The year 2014 brought in added responsibilities few could have foreseen even three years before. Having made the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore that year, Kohli worked up his T20 game and it was all for show in the 2014 World T20, where he scored the most runs by a batsman across all teams.

The all-round domination had started.

Kohli had a sensational series against Australia

By the end of the year, MS Dhoni suddenly retired from Test cricket, and the onus fell on Kohli. By the end of the series, no one had any doubts about the future greatness that was waiting for Kohli to achieve. He smacked as many as four hundreds in the Test series.

However, the year also had one of his lowest lows, a series against England where he could not even come close to get going and was tormented by James Anderson.

2015

Kohli scored a century against Pakistan in the World Cup

The year's most important tournament, the World Cup, started on the right note with a century against arch-rivals Pakistan, but he couldn't build on the momentum with more hefty scores even as India stumbled out in the semi-finals.

As captain, he led the team to victory in Sri Lanka and tightened his game as a batsman, but it was just a start of things. What followed next year truly made him the game's numero uno all-format batsman.