Early this year Michael Holding, the fast bowling legend and one of the most respected voices in world cricket, said something in midst of a test series between India and South Africa. Speaking on Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who had just scored an outstanding 153 in a losing cause in the second test, Holding said, “When I see him score runs in England, I would call him a great player. I like people who score runs everywhere.”
It was something that even Virat Kohli’s ardent fans secretly talked among themselves — the way Roger Federer’s fans did before he won French Open in 2009 to complete the missing trophy from his iconic grand slam career. Starting on July 3 and involving 5 test matches and 3 one-day and T-20 matches, India’s upcoming long tour of England has in a way become Federer’s Roland Garros moment for Kohli.
