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Shubman GIll with India’s previous captains – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images There are plenty of Rohit Sharma fans, as can be gleaned by his devout social media followers, but the deafening roar at a pro-India crowd in Sydney told the story. As has been the case for over a decade, Virat Kohli still holds the crowd in the palm of his hands and remains the transcendent figure of cricket. If there was any doubt, as he enters the final stages of a legendary career confined to only playing in the 50-over format in international cricket, the bedlam over his final tour of Australia proved that all eyes remain on him. After winding back the clock with an unbeaten half-century against Australia to end the ODI series, Kohli might just have enough left in the tank to get to the 2027 World Cup, where he hopes to end his legendary international career with a fairy-tale finish. It will leave a gigantic hole for cricket. Kohli’s presence makes any game he’s playing feel so much bigger. There was much more media and fans around India’s training sessions in Australia because of him. He is an editor’s dream, with the combative Kohli – not afraid of dishing it back – viewed as clickbait. Like all larger-than-life athletes, it’s much more than what merely happens on-field. Kohli is married to Bollywood star Anushka Sharma adding to the lustre in a country where cricket and its movie industry – two money-spinning beasts – are worshipped. Virat Kohli (L) and his wife Anushka Sharma (Photo by SUJIT JAISWAL / AFP) (Photo by SUJIT JAISWAL/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images He has previously been in Forbes top 100 list of highest paid athletes,…

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