Former Australia batter Justin Langer picked Virat Kohli as the best player he had ever seen. Langer picked Kohli ahead of Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.

Former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali condemns Virat Kohli's physical altercation with Australian debutant Sam Konstas during the fourth Test at the MCG. Basit criticizes Kohli for intentionally colliding with Konstas,

Matthew Hayden asked Virat Kohli to take a leaf out of Sachin Tendulkar's book and not go fishing outside the off-stump in the Boxing Day Test.