MARTIN JOHNSON

England’s World Cup batting line-up is not exactly short of crowd pleasers, and whenever Jason Roy or Jos Buttler whacks one over the pavilion roof, the decibel levels around the ground get cranked up to eardrum-perforating proportions. However, neither of them has yet managed to induce a full blown attack of spectator frenzy by scrambling a leg bye, or waving to the dressing room for a fresh pair of gloves.
This, though, is the norm for someone like Virat Kohli. His superstar standing in India is such that the sums he gets paid for popping up on TV during a comme...