3 Reasons why Virat Kohli may go down as the best Indian Test batsman

#2 Lone warrior in overseas tours

England v India: Specsavers 1st Test - Day Two

It has been evident over the past few years that Virat Kohli has been India's lone warrior with the bat, and India have lost a majority of their overseas matches only because other batsmen weren't able to adapt to the conditions and gave away their wickets easily.

Virat Kohli is the leading run scorer in the ongoing England tour with close to 600 runs. The second highest scoring batsman of the series is yet to reach the 300-run mark. Despite Kohli’s heroics, India have lost the series. This is not the first time it has happened. Kohli was the leading run scorer for India in South Africa too, averaging beyond 47, where the next best for India was Hardik Pandya with an average of 19.

Back in 2014-15 tour of Australia, India were close to beating Australia in the first test of the series and Virat Kohli scored a century in both the innings of that match. So to conclude this, Virat Kohli has been a lone warrior for India and that has been the story in a majority of the Test series that India have played overseas in the last few years. It has been Kohli and the bowlers versus the home team.