Virat Kohli Says Test Cricket Gives Job Satisfaction, Watch Video

After a heartbreaking loss in the World Cup finals, Virat Kohli is back to Team India's duty. The batter recently achieved the feat of scoring a fifty-of-centuries surpassing Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's record. Kohli, who took a break and was away from cricket for a month, has joined the troop back on the South Africa tour. He will play the Boxing Day Test at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.

Team India is slated to play two tests against the Proteas starting from December 26 to January 7. Sadly, Indian men never won a Test series in the Rainbow Nation, and would eye to make history this time with the return of Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma to the side.

Ahead of the red ball game, Virat Kohli shed light on this test career and how the longest format of the game gives him immense "job satisfaction."

In his first interview with StarSports after the World Cup, Virat Kohli said, "Test cricket for me is the foundation of the game. It's history. It's culture. It's heritage. It's everything. You come out on the other side after four to five days, it's a different feeling from anything else that you've experienced. As an individual, and as a team, the job satisfaction of having played a long innings and winning your team a Test match is a special feeling. I am a traditionalist so playing in whites, playing Test cricket is everything. Really honored to play more than 100 Tests for the country and pursue my dream of becoming a Test cricketer."

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Meanwhile, Virat Kohli returned home for 3 days following a family emergency ahead of the first test, but he will be back in the nets before the centurion test, said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sources.