India, July 22 -- How often does the captain of the opposition, also the best batter in the world at the time, make the effort to meet a 19-year-old on his first tour, whose interest in a five-Test series is over after the third game due to a broken finger?

Welcome to the world of Haseeb Hameed, a world he insists has been enriched by his fairytale relationship with Virat Kohli.

Nicknamed 'Baby Boycott' for his technical expertise and becoming the first Lancastrian to open for his country since Mike Atherton (in 1989), Hameed came to the land of his parents with Alastair Cook's England in 2016, hoping to make a name for himself. Efforts of 31 and 82 on a flatbed on debut in Rajkot were followed by 13 and 25 in Visakhapatnam. Then, Mohal...