Pietersen feels the Indian skipper’s passion for Test cricket bodes well for the format at a time when it needs ‘all the love it can get’.
Virat Kohli’s enthusiasm and intensity on the field shows Test matches mean everything to him, according to former England captain Kevin Pietersen, who feels the Indian skipper’s passion for the format bodes well for red-ball cricket at a time when it needs “all the love it can get”. The 41-year-old feels Kohli pushes himself to follow the footsteps of his heroes such as Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who themselves are legends of the format. “Knowing Virat Kohli the way that I do, I know the huge impetus he puts on following in the footsteps of his heroes. His heroes are Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and other legends of Test match cricket,” Pietersen wrote for Betway. “Kohli knows that to be considered a legend of the game, he needs to deliver in this format as well as in T20. “That’s why he puts so much importance on this format and at a time when Test cricket needs all the love it can get, how good is it to see a global superstar so passionate about it.
