'Special thing about Virat is that he always...': Ravindra Jadeja reveals secret mantra behind Kohli's Test captaincy ahead of upcoming England series

"It was his positive approach - especially in Tests - the special thing about Virat is that he always wanted the team to pick 20 wickets in a Test match, so he never gives up at all, Be it a three-hour session or 45 overs left, he would still want to pick up all 10 wickets of the opposition" said Jadeja on Ravichandran Ashwin's youtube show. 

Team India are currently preparing for the upcoming five-Test match series against England, which is scheduled to start from June 20.  This will be the first time since 2011 that the Men in Blue will play a red-ball series in England without Kohli. 

The legendary batter announced his retirement in the longest format of the game on May 12. Kohli's last Test outing came in Australia during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, where he managed to score just 190 runs in five Tests after scoring an unbeaten century in the first Test match. 

BCCI has already announced India's 18-member squad for the upcoming Test assignment in England, where Shubman Gill will lead the side and Rishabh Pant will be his deputy. 

India squad for England series

Shubman Gill(C), Rishabh Pant(vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Parishdh Krishna, Akashdeep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav