With Kohli Just a Call Away, Haseeb Plots Eng Return

BACK when England toured India in the winter of 2016, one photo from the dressing room went viral on Twitter (now X). Haseeb Hameed, little finger on the left hand in a cast after breaking it during the third Test at Mohali, had met Virat Kohli.

- FIROZ MIRZA @ Manchester

BACK when England toured India in the winter of 2016, one photo from the dressing room went viral on Twitter (now X). Haseeb Hameed, little finger on the left hand in a cast after breaking it during the third Test at Mohali, had met Virat Kohli. One particular caption, tongue firmly in cheek, had said 'world's greatest batsman with Kohli'. Hameed, nicknamed 'Baby Boycs', had already impressed with his technique. In England's second innings of the third Test, Hameed, with a fracture, fought through the pain to compile a gutsy, unbeaten 156-ball 59.