Virat retired from the test jack and the best 3. Fab 4 ‘

Virat kohli probably the best format tendency to decorate sports. Especially after Sachin Tendulkar seized the century gang of the century, a lawsuit can be filed for him as the greatest ODI dough. He’s there in the T20Is. In the T20 World Cups, Kohli has the shortest form of the game at most half a century, the second most run and two ‘player of the tournament’ awards. But it’s not even close to the conversation in the test jack.

India has been the best test dough since 2013, but it is definitely not close to the best generation. 1/4 out of Fab 4 was not best in the tests for several years. However, Steve Smith, an counterpart in Australia, was often better. During his busy years (2014-19), he conquered everything the Great Indian. It is better to stay as a contentious topic. Some chose Kohli as the best, while others chose Smith.

But why is it stray about Kohli? Why are conversations about him and Fab 4 now? Because the former Indian captain retired from format. Late and Great Martin Crowe invented the term ‘Fab 4’ in 2014. At that moment he wrote about the world’s top four test doughs and shared why they felt that they would occupy the number 1 in the red ball jack next year. 11 years later, one retired. And that’s why I write it.

Fab 4’s general test recording

Be away from home

Kohli is the only member of Fab 4 with an average of 50. However, the general averages do not really show the real picture. Williamson is not a better slope despite the higher average than Kohli and root. This view is supported not only by the former cricket player, but also by records.

To show who is the best, the record in Metric Sena (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) brought by everyone. However, these metric Asian dough works in the best way. To straighten the playground, we have changed the metropolitan for each player.

This clearly shows that Smith is in front of his contemporaries. The former Australian captain has almost the same number of runs as the root, although he plays 15 fewer innings. Hundreds and has the highest average. This also shows that Williamson is not exactly in their leagues, although Kohli is compared with Root and Smith. In the most challenging conditions and against the best opposition, Kiwi does not rise on occasion, as others do. Since the title is unique to Kohli, let’s talk about it.

Kohli and roots do not separate too much here. India has 5 hundreds of more, but the British covered it 12 half centuries. Not to turn their fifties into hundreds of their fifties was something that the root is vial, and it shows how many hundreds of it can end if it turns these good beginnings into big ones.

Kohli has 11 more root in Australia and Kohli in New Zealand (50 to 36). Even in South Africa. According to this mistress, the root and cohli are quite close. But the British have a better average. They may be connected to the 2nd point here.

Late career decline

Many of them have chosen Sachin Tendulkar as the biggest test dough since Don Bradman. 1 The average operating difference separates them. However, Tendulkar played 69 more matches from him. Long life. This is what makes the little master the best. It can be easy to be the best for a month or year, but for ten years – this is the difficulty.

Smith and Williamson rooted Kohli in 2011 in 2011 and in 2012. They were in the prime minister for the next decade. At the end of 2019, he was 31 (Kohli), 30 (Smith) and 29 (Root and Williamson). They were closer to the end of their best periods. At this point, an average of 54.8 after Kohli 141 Inning. Smith was the only person who was better than him (62.8); In fact, the root was below 50 (48.4).

Fab 4’s record from 2020

January 1, 2020 – 12 May 2025: The picture has changed completely. Root (48 to 50) blocking, everyone fell. Smith’s average fell from approximately 63 to 56 and Kohli went from 55 to 46.

Williamson could be 67.37 on average during this period, but most of the runs came at home. 48 Inning, 27 of them opposed India, England and Australia. In these, an average of 2 fifty and 2 hundred with an average of 37.07. Why do I exclude South Africa? Because they sent a F to New Zealand and chose their captains who had not yet made their first exit.

Kohli’s biggest problem in this period was his fall against Spin. Since 2020, India has produced more often spin -friendly fields. This meant that he could not find it easy to find Mojo during Kohli’s collapse (1021 days of brazen).

He could defend, but in Big Turners, you have to put back the pressure on the melon that Kohli could not do, as his attacking arsenal seems to have escaped him with increasing age. Most Indian dough suffered, but none of them like Kohli. The average career against Spin is 54.84, but since 2020, 31.28.

But that wasn’t his only problem. Everyone remembers Kohli’s problem with the balls out of the UK. He returned in the next half of his career. He went out in the same way in his post -test series: the edge of the balls outside. He entered Australia with an average of 54.08 and left with 46.72. And Australia was the second best place for bat before; It wasn’t anymore after the tour.

It is safe to say that Kohli is the worst fab 4 inclination of this decade. And he basically removes him from the best of the generation race. But his performance at the summit still keeps him above Williamson. Remember, there are no bad, even good dough. These are the best of all time. Some of the best to play for their nations and test jack in general.