10 years of Virat Kohli: In pictures

2015

In 2015, he took over as full-time Test captain after MS Dhoni announced his retirement mid-way through the four-match Test series in Australia. There was also a slight dip in Kohli’s form. For the first time since 2010, he failed to cross the 1000-run mark in ODI cricket. For the first time since 2008, he averaged less than 40 in a calendar year.

Even in Test cricket, his consistency wasn’t like the last few years. He did score a couple of hundreds but overall, Kohli didn’t have a great 2015 as a batsman.