India, May 12 -- When Virat Kohli reflects on his Test career, he will always look back at his partnership with coach Ravi Shastri with great pride. The two proved to be a perfect fit -- aggressive, not ready to take a backward step, showing no hesitation in taking strong decisions.

Extroverts, they would provoke the opposition, even ruffle the feathers in their own dressing room to keep players on their toes, but their success means the Kohli-Shastri era will go down as the golden period of India's Test team - the high point being the 2018-19 series win in Australia , becoming the first Asian team to beat Australia at home.

Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday, marking an end to an illustrious 14-year-old career, ...