India, May 13 -- Of the many moving words in Virat Kohli's Instagram retirement announcement, this somehow resonated deepest: "#269signing off". It is his Test cap number, sandwiched between Jaydev Unadkat and Praveen Kumar; Kohli is part of an unbroken Indian lineage which began from Ladhabhai Nakum Amar Singh at No.1 and has now reached No. 316 Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy. In that long list, amidst some of our game's greatest names, Kohli today leaves his own and that too in neon lights - Las Vegas billboard-style because of who he was, when he played and how he presented himself as an Indian cricketer. At the end of his Test career, Kohli has planted himself near dead centre of the Indian batting pantheon, fourth in line behind the biggest o...