Virat Kohli features on Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's latest cover playing reverse sweep

Indian skipper Virat Kohli has featured on the latest cover of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, following his spectacular leadership which guided India to a clean sweep of trophies in all three formats of their recent series against England.

We are delighted to reveal the cover for 2017, featuring India’s star batsman @imVkohli playing a reverse sweep. https://t.co/dPWtJbrBwb pic.twitter.com/sAnJay6cJ6

— Wisden Almanack (@WisdenAlmanack) February 3, 2017

Kohli, who scored two centuries in India's 4-0 Test series win before Christmas, including a career-best 235 in the fourth Test at Mumbai, has been shown playing a reverse sweep a reflection, according to Wisden's editor, Lawrence Booth, of the manner in which he has helped to revolutionise the sport in recent years.

"It underlines the fact that he is a very modern cricketer," Booth told ESPNcricinfo. "It felt like the right time to get some unorthodoxy onto the cover. People often think of Wisden as a bastion of orthodoxy, but cricket is changing so rapidly that it felt like the right time to reflect that, and Kohli was the right man for the job."