Kohli and Williamson, along with fellow batters - Australia\u2019s Steve Smith and England\u2019s Joe Root, formed the \u2018Fab Four\u2019 of cricket\u2019s modern era batting. The quartet dominated the sport with their exhilarating knocks across all formats for over a decade. While Kohli has stepped away from Test and T20Is, Smith has retired from ODIs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Root and Williamson, meanwhile, haven\u2019t been sureshot starters in T20Is for quite some time now. \u201cVirat is probably the greatest all-format player we have seen for probably in the last 15 years, and (he) has his own challenges. In an absolutely cricket-obsessed country, he has been at the top of that tree.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cLook, there are great sorts of relationships and friendships with all of them in slightly different ways and we have stayed in touch in a lot of ways as well. But, (there is) not really that sort of competitive thing. I think you are just in teams and willing to compete for those teams,\" said Willamson to Sky Sports\u2019 on the sidelines of day three of third Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Root and Williamson, meanwhile, haven\u2019t been sureshot starters in T20Is for quite some time now. \u201cVirat is probably the greatest all-format player we have seen for probably in the last 15 years, and (he) has his own challenges. In an absolutely cricket-obsessed country, he has been at the top of that tree.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201c(We have) not just played cricket but lived our lives in some sort of parallel way for a huge percentage of our lives, whether that\u2019s having kids at similar times or experiencing different things as you get older. So you do connect on different levels,\" he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n