New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- The start of 2020. Virat Kohli was an undisputed champion across all formats with a Bradman-esque prime. Australia's Steve Smith seemed to hit another peak after a 774-run Ashes tour to UK in 2019, the same year when Joe Root finally had a Cricket World Cup sitting pretty next to him. NZ's Kane Williamson was also silently making run-scoring look like a work of art.

Back in 2020, an Adelaide boy, Travis Head, had been facing years being tossed in-and-out of side, with the white-ball side stacked with absolute titans and the red-ball team having nearly all bases covered. Now with the 'Fab Four' earmarked for excellence back in 2014 by Martin Crowe fading away format-by-format, the cricketing world has found its box-o...