Virat Kohli: A Career Unforgettable—and Unfulfilled
Despite an incomplete end to a promising career, Indian cricket will remain indebted to Virat Kohli for revolutionizing the Test game, leading the national team through tough transitional phases, and becoming one of the best batsmen the country ever produced. By Jamie Alter
Personal Essay by Prachi Sharma: ‘My father pauses in every retelling of this tale. He wants me to see it. A man in the uniform of an Indian working for the English, in a village courtyard in the late 1920s, his face turning to one side from the force of an open palm. The villagers watching. The Daroga’s hand going to his cheek. A pigeon somewhere on the roof, taking off.’