mumbai india skipper virat kohli has in the last few years taken world cricket by storm and the accolades refuse to stop but one of the men instrumental in backing him in his initial days as an international cricket is then selector kris srikkanthand the former chief selector has said that kohli is one of his top selections during his tenurespeaking on cricket connected on star sports 1 tamil srikkanth said virat kohli r ashwin and murali vijay are my top picks as a selector the way they grew and were groomed im really proud ofrecently england great ian botham said that kohli was the perfect guy to lead the indian team and he would have loved to play against the india skippervirat takes the game to the opposition he takes a stand for his players i would have loved to play against him he is the right guy to take indian cricket forward botham said while speaking in an online chat session with playwrite foundationin fact former england batsman kevin pietersen said that he rated kohli above the legendary sachin tendulkar just because of the manner kohli wins india games while chasingin an instagram live video chat with commentator and former zimbabwe pacer pommie mbangwa pietersen said that kohli gets his pick because of the number of times he manages to complete chases successfullykohli is a freakshow his record chasing winning games for india with the amount of pressure he lives under smith does not even come close to him said pietersenhe said it is this factor that also puts kohli above tendulkar in his booksagain virat because of his chasing numbers his chasing numbers are frightening he averages more than 80 when it comes to chasing he consistently wins games for india he keeps on turning the numbers and this matters to me as to how many games you win for your country pietersen said