Job satisfaction is most in Test cricket, says Kohli

New Delhi : For a man with an insatiable hunger for runs, Virat Kohli says he derives utmost job satisfaction when he shines in Test cricket, a format he has mastered "watching" teammate Cheteshwar Pujara bat for long hours.

Only 29, Kohli has already established himself as one of the game's greats, yesterday overtaking Brian Lara as the skipper with most Test double hundreds (6)."My favourite obviously is Test cricket, we are making sure from every angle that this should be the most important format because as batsman or as bowlers also we know how pleasing it is to score in Test matches, especially when conditions are tough," Kohli said.

"It feels wonderful. It was always my mindset to score big hundreds, something that I have watched you do a lot in your career early on and learnt also, how to concentrate for longer periods."We have all learnt from his (Pujara) long innings, his concentration levels and his will to keep batting. So I also got inspired by that to keep batting for the team for as long as possible.

"Now I only think of how I can play more for the team and then you know, you don't feel the tiredness and anything else and keep carrying on looking at the situation," Kohli said.The Indian captain has scored all his six double hundreds in the last 17 months and has also scored 52 international centuries across formats.Kohli said he strives to remain in peak physical fitness in order to make the most of it in the time he has.

"We know as professional cricketers, we don't have many years. So, we have to make the most of it and I try to stay as fit as possible, take care of my diet, take care of my training and it's paid off well till now."In the later half of my career, as we all know it's going to get more difficult. So, I'm trying to put in as much as possible in training now and later on, I can still manage to keep the same kind of intensity.

"But I think we all are training so hard now and it's showing on the field and I am just trying to do the same." While it is well documented by now, Kohli was again asked how and when his transformation kicked in, and he was forthright in his reply."I have come close twice but it's something I can't pinpoint. Rohit has done it twice but I don't think I can play as many shots like him in the latter half of the innings."He ended up getting there because he is unstoppable when he goes past 130-140. But I will try to do it if I have enough overs.