Joining the list of Kohli's ever growing fan base was England legend Ian Botham who heaped praises on the 'Chase Master' while giving an interview to Times Of India. The legendary English all-rounder said that he holds the Indian cricketer in very high regards and said that he would have loved to play against him.
“Virat takes the game to the opposition, he takes a stand for his players. I would have loved to play against him. He is the right guy to take Indian cricket forward,” Botham said.
The former England allrounder also went on to give his take on why there are not too many all-rounders present in modern-day cricket. “All-rounders can’t be manufactured, they don’t grow on trees. The workload is double and it obviously takes a toll on your body.
Just imagine Kapil… the amount of bowling he did on those Indian pitches, which had very little to offer, that too in the scorching heat of Chennai and Delhi. I can’t see anyone in the present generation being able to do that,” he said.