The former ICC referee, Anil Chaudhary, revealed his experiences when he refereed the test matches of India where the men in blue were led by the skipper Virat Kohli.
Anil CHAPHARY retired from the duties of arbitration earlier in 2025, when he withdrew from ICC tournaments and the Indian Premier League. The last international match of his career was an international between India and Australia in 2024, while his last interior cricket match came to the Ranji trophy final in 2025.
Chaudhary’s career as an arbitrator scored a decade from 2013 to 2024/25, where he was a referee on the field in 12 tests, 49 ODI, 64 T20is internationally and 131 IPL games. Its domestic figures are large, with 91 first class games, 114 lists A and 278 T20 games.
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Anil Chaudhary on the aura of Virat Kohli on the ground
CHAPHARY, in his arbitration career, said he had seen the fear of Virat Kohli unleashing on the ground while the opposition teams were afraid of the aggressive state of mind of Kohli on the ground. Kohli’s presence on the ground has maintained each opposition under extreme pressure, as Anil Chaudhary suggests.
“I made referees on the ground and I saw him myself, the other team was literally afraid of Virat Kohli and they were under higher level pressure.”
“More than half of the team’s attention would be on Kohli. The just seeing the opposition players tremble, it is the kind of aura kohli,” said Anil Chaudhary, quoted by the Indian Express.
Referee Anil Chaudhary said: “I made referees on the ground and I saw him myself, the other team was literally afraid of Virat Kohli and they were under higher level pressure. More than half of the team’s attention would be on Kohli. The right to see the opposition players … pic.twitter.com/4pug4pzmwa
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Shubman Gill exceeds Kohli’s file during the Edgbaston test
Indian captain Shubman Gill started his trip with men in blue. He is relatively a younger player who has less experience in testing, despite whom he was preferred to make him present the role of captain for the Indian test side.
However, Shubman also adopted the role of the Indian captain, because additional responsibility seems to have given a new flair to his dynamic stick to stick. The striker seems more confident than before and stormed the international format of red ball with his hundreds consecutive in England.
This can be quoted as the start of one of the first for Shubman Gill, because the in progress Edgbaston test marked an amazing 269, which brought him the former Indian captain Virat Kohli.
Kohli had 254 * as the highest score of an Indian captain in test matches; However, Gill exceeded it and that too outside Asia, on the slopes of England.
Captain at no. 4 – Kohli, ideally replaced by Gill in test cricket
The captain coming to beat in no. 4 was the most successful passage in India in test cricket. The great Virat Kohli was a paste in No. 4 In the test cricket for India after the Sachin Tendulkar legend withdrew from the longest format.
Kohli received the Indian test captain in 2015, and since then he hit No.. 4. Kohli struck his first step in tests during this passage until 2019 and took India to new heights in the format.
India was no. On the test side classified by the ICC for the first time under the leadership of Virat Kohli. He also reformed the strategies of a test match for India and introduced the idea of aggressive tests with his striker as well as configurations of putting into play.
Shubman Gill has also shown an overview of the genius of Virat Kohli with the no bat. 4, now he has to make the next movement as a successful skipper of the Indian part.
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