Virat Kohli

GOAT ( the greatest of all time) is a fascinating term that we all tend to describe a great achiever in his or her field- music, sports or any other discipline. However, in a dynamic world like today’s, it would be more appropriate to use this term as GOTT ( the greater of today’s time ) instead of Goat. Take for instance Tennis – from my living memory, it was Connors, Ashe, McEnroe, Borg, Sampras, Agassi to the trio of Federer, Rafa and Joker! Ditto females from Billie Jean King to Evert to Navratilova to Graf to Seles to Serena – the list has always been dynamic. 

In case of cricket, Gavaskar donned the GOAT head for a long time till Kapil, Azhar, Sourav, Dravid, Sachin and Virat followed. The spin triumvirate of Bedi, Chandra and Prasanna, once considered GOAT and irreplaceable were followed by the likes of Kumble and Ashwin. 

Therefore, I will refrain from using superlatives such as GOAT for Virat, who has decided to hang his boots after 14 years of test cricket. But the fact remains that he will always be counted as  one of the greatest icons of modern day cricket in all its three formats, a run making machine with humongous appetite for runs and a powerhouse on the field with unending reserve of energy and enthusiasm. His never say die spirit and extremely positive body language always inspired hope and confidence even in the most hopeless of situations. His statistics are there all over and are not that important as there are players above him and there will be players in future bettering his stats. But when it comes to spirit, lion heartedness, delightful execution, copybook style and consistency, Virat will remain a Virat chapter in the history of the cricketing world. 

All the best Virat! Hope you help the cricketing scene of our country by grooming more Virats in future and continue to spread your charm like only you can!