As majestic as King Kohli: 10 similes that Virat personifies

As steady as a rock

The rock on which the entire nation depends

In the 1990s, the Indian batting order largely revolved around one man, the team inadvertently being highly dependent on Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. It was believed that with Tendulkar gone, half the Indian side was gone.

On seeing the back of Tendulkar, the opposition believed that the match was their's. It will not be wrong to say that Virat Kohli has assumed similar significance in the present day Indian team.

His record in the limited overs format speaks for itself, as he anchors the innings beautifully, coming in to bat at number three. His temperament for the longer version was questionable at the beginning of his career, but if the last couple of years are anything to go by, saying that Kohli is the mainstay of the Indian team across formats is indisputable.

In fact, he has built a temperament no one would have expected of him a few years ago. He is not shaken by defeats or by batting failures, he is not baffled by his fellow teammates losing their wickets at the other end, and nor is he perturbed by any kind of off-field criticism. No matter what the situation is, the Indian team never lacks the stability lent to them by the rock called Kohli.

The 70s belonged to the great Sunil Gavaskar, the 80s to Kapil Dev, with the 90s began the rule of Sachin Tendulkar as Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni gave him company at the turn of the millennium, and the decade gone by has been the first half of what would be labelled as the era of Virat Kohli.