After Virat Kohli stepped down as Indian cricket team's Test captain, businessman Anand Mahindra said, "He's been at the centre of controversies and this decision may evoke varied responses." Mahindra added, "To me, Virat embodies the fierce, unapologetic, unrelenting competitiveness and desire to win that we've always wanted to see in our sportspersons. May the Force be with him."