India, April 25 -- Eighteen-year-old Aryaman Varma was named the 2025 Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year earlier this week, an accolade that once celebrated the likes of Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow. The young leg-spinner enjoyed a record-breaking outing this season, picking 51 wickets and captaining Eton College. However, one of his biggest dreams is to dismiss a man who needs no introduction to the world of cricket: Virat Kohli.

"This might be a very boring answer," Varma told TimesofIndia.com, "but it's Virat Kohli, the king. Just thinking about it makes me shiver. But I'm sure if I got him out, there would be tears running down my face and cheek."

It's a sentiment not just born of admiration, but of devotion. "Virat Kohli is som...