Captaining the No. 1 Test team

Since taking over from MS Dhoni during the 2014-15 tour of Australia, Virat Kohli has stamped his own identity on India's Test team. He spoke to bcci.tv about his captaincy journey, after India climbed to No. 1 in the ICC Test rankings by winning the second Test against New Zealand in Kolkata.

You will have to stick to 18-20 players for Test cricket. If things are clarified at a very early stage, it becomes much easier to plan those things. That is what we have followed and we have got the results that we have wanted. People in this team understand they might not get a chance to play all the time but they are not going anywhere from the squad. That for them is an assurance and a commitment from the team's point of view that we will back you as players and want to have you in our squad but there will be changes according to conditions quite a few times. The guys appreciate honesty in the changing room.