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London: Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen feels Test cricket is everything to him on the field, feels Virat Kohli’s zeal and enthusiasm and his passion bodes well for the format which needs the most love at the moment. Pietersen said with his hard work Kohli has followed in the footsteps of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who have been great Test cricketers.

He wrote in his blog for ‘Betway’, ‘As much as I know Virat Kohli, I know how hard he has worked to follow his heroes. His heroes are Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and rest of the legends of Test cricket. Kohli knows that to become a legend of the game, he has to do well in T20 as well as Test cricket.

Nice to see Kohli’s passion: Pietersen

“That’s why he gives so much importance to this format. That too at a time when Test cricket is in dire need of it. It’s nice to see this passion for Test cricket from a global superstar cricketer. Under Kohli’s captaincy, India became the number one Test team and also reached the final of the World Test Championship in which it was defeated by New Zealand. India beat England by 151 runs in the second Test at Lord’s this week.

Pietersen said, ‘He wants his team to perform well in all conditions. He must have been immensely satisfied to see the team win first in Australia and now in England. His zeal, his passion and dedication to the team is visible. Test cricket is still everything for him and moments like these will define his career. He praised fast bowler Mohammad Siraj, who took four wickets in the second Test. “The kind of bowling Mohammad Siraj bowled on the fifth day is commendable,” he said.