Are all-format batters going extinct?
New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- There was a time, not very long ago, when no matter the format India were playing, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were effervescent and ever-present. They could lord it over five days of Test cricket, waltz through the 100 overs of an ODI and turn it up for a Twenty20 match.
They weren't alone either. Around the world, South Africa's AB de Villiers, Australia's David Warner, New Zealand's Kane Williamson and a few others were doing the same or trying to do it. To some, all-format success defined greatness in the modern era.
To be able to straddle all three formats successfully was not for the meek. It required mental strength and a drive that increasingly few cricketers (and even fewer batters) have.
Take for instance, t...
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