MUMBAI: Every match-winning knock that comes off Virat Kohli 's blade is elevating his stature these days. The India Test skipper's scorching form, which has seen him slam 1200 runs in 16 Tests this year@80.00, including three double hundreds in back-to-back series, has made his numerous fans believe that the 28-year-old may just be the best batsman India's ever produced.Though he himself is now a member of the 'Kohli fan club,' England opening great-turned commentator Geoff Boycott has offered a 'reality check' for the die-hard supporters of the batsman, currently enjoying the best phase of his career. The 76-year-old believes that the 'Kohli mania' apart from the batsman's magnificent batting, is also a by-product of the human tendency what is on show presently as the 'best-ever.'"We're all human. What we see on TV, we think that it's the best ever. Is Kohli better than (Sunil) Gavaskar? Hang on. The kid's going to be a great player. But Gavaskar and (Sachin) Tendulkar were great players too. It's easy to say 'long live the king.' 'The king is dead.' That's what happens to us all. We're all: 'Was that Tendulkar, did he really play and get a 100 hundreds?' 'Was he really better than Kohli?' We focus on what we see because we're human," Boycott said while speaking at a Rotary club of Bombay Midtown meeting on Wednesday.The 108-Test veteran, who scored 8114 runs@47.72 from 1964-82, felt that where Kohli stood amongst the greats of the game would only be judged by the end of his career. "He won't break all records. And it won't matter, even if he does. It won't make him a better player than those of the past. I broke Gary Sobers ' record of most number of runs in Delhi. That doesn't make me a better batsman than him. Records are there to be broken. What he has to do is carry on scoring runs and winning a Test match for his country. And then towards the end of his career, he'll be judged in the pantheon of all the greats. I'm proud for instance that England have never lost a Test when I've made a hundred. Simple. Don't get me out twice cheaply, you won't win, simple," he explained.Boycott felt that Kohli would have to create his own 'legacy,' and the Delhi bat was on his way to achieve that. "Kohli is a wonderful player. He has to carry on that form in India and abroad too. He'll get a chance to put that right when he comes to England in two years' time. He's got hundred in Australia and South Africa. It's easy to forget that not long ago, Tendulkar was God! He and Gavaskar were great batsmen too. Their legacy will stay. Kohli has to make his legacy and he's doing it," he stressed.The secret of Kohli's success, Boycott believes, is the amount of training hours he puts in before a series or a game. "Most players in any sport work very hard. It only looks easy, comfortable, but none of it is there when the guy is practicing, working his socks off. It's one of the many things I like about Kohli. I hear from many ex-India players that he trained hard to get to where he is. If that's true, which I've no reason to be believe it isn't, he deserves his success. Because most people earn it by hard work. Nothing comes easily, naturally. You work at it, and if you do that, you'll get better," he said.England's capitulation against India, which has seen them lose the series 0-3 with the final Test to go, has left Boycott a bit surprised. "You've always got to remember that we all grow up in our country and are good in our conditions. What makes great players and team is being ability to play everywhere. You got England players who can't tour, can't play spin, couldn't play Mitchell Johnson ' pace in Australia. It's a different test of your technique. India are certainly playing well in their own country, which I expected them to do. I didn't expect England to play below what they should've been. They should've given you a run for you money better," he felt.The man from Yorkshire narrated an interesting interaction he had with Indian batting legend Rahul Dravid about the heavy influence of T20 cricket on today's youngsters. "It is pure entertainment, but we shouldn't deride it. People want everything quicker, faster and shorter these days. I was with Dravid at an MCC meeting four years ago. He told me: 'Geoffrey, both my boys only want to know how many sixes have I hit? I said: 'That wasn't your game, Rahul!' He said, 'when I told them it was handful, they thought I wasn't any good.' It was enlightening!" Boycott illustrated.It was ironic that one of the best Test openers of all time now feels that Test cricket won't survive for too long. "T20's changed cricket, and unfortunately, it's taken over totally, instead of being a part of the game. I can see it that 15 years later, when I'm gone, there may not be any Test cricket. Maybe only England and Australia will play the Ashes like they play the Ryder Cup, every four years. That lives on because of tradition. But you see so many sparse crowds. There was nobody in Australia recently. It's terrible. It's a powerhouse of the game like India."I was told that they're thrilled to bits because you've got 20,000 people in Mumbai for a Test on two days, but I was like, how can you, in a city of 50 million cricket-mad fans, not fill up a cricket stadium of 32,000. This isn't a city where football, tennis or golf have taken over," he rued.It is also ironic that though he himself turned into one of the most popular TV commentators after retiring, Boycott blames TV for the death of Test cricket. "TV has been hurting the game for years. It seduces you to watch, and not bother going for it. All the hassle of getting there, parking... being striped, searched, my friends who went to watch the Wankhede Test, had everything taken off them-bananas, water bottles! They weren't going to board a plane! And it took them ages to get in."TV is giving the game a lot of money, but its killing the game. Crowds are decreasing, and eventually, when they're no bums on the seats, the game's dead. They're just going to play in empty stadiums for TV. It needs live audience," he summed up.