4 Greatest overseas Test innings played by Virat Kohli

#4 149 vs England, Edgbaston 2018

Yet again, it was Kohli who saved India from embarrassment in Edgbaston

The same familiar old story. A terrible top order collapse, the middle order not contributing much and the tail refusing to wag. Yet again, it was Kohli who emerged as the sole flag bearer. This has become a recurring theme of Indian Test Cricket of late, especially in overseas conditions.

Having bowled out England for 287, India's openers provided a steady 50 run opening partnership. It wasn't too long last though as the first three wickets fell soon. The onus was once again on Kohli to steady the ship, and he did it with aplomb.

Once again Kohli batted his heart out and appeared technically proficient against the English pacers as he took them heads on.

He drove, cut the ones outside off that didn't appear too menacing and paced his innings with poise and precision.

Kohli was also able to find and pierce the gaps with accuracy. He was careful enough to leave the seaming deliveries outside off, a practice that had deserted him in 2014. This was a different Kohli though.

He scored 22 boundaries when other batsmen were barely able to survive. And once settled, Kohli took the aggressive route and started taking the attack back to the bowlers.

The value of his innings can be gauged from the fact that while Kohli shared a partnership of 105 with the tailenders (Shami, Umesh, and Ishant), the three of them scored a combined tally of 8. Such was Kohli's dominance.

Sadly, it was a repeat of Centurion 2018 as other batsmen failed to step up once again in the second innings and India fell short by 31 runs in the end.