Internet Desk: India’s Test skipper Virat Kohli is probably one of the best batsman in the world cricket across all three formats of the game. According to cricket fanatics across the globe Kohli, Joe Root, Kane Williamson and Steve Smith are the prime four batsman in cricket. All four of them are going through a golden run and they have been scoring a lot of runs repeatedly for their country in all parts of the world.
India humiliated England 4-0 in the recently ended five-match Test series at home. Captain Kohli was the prime run-scorer in the series and the man of the series trophy was awarded to him for his great performance against England.
In an interview with ECB, Virat Kohli was all praise for England’s Joe Root. Kohli spoke about Root’s ability to adjust quickly between formats and conditions.
This is what Virat Kohli said about Joe Root:
“Joe is one of my favourite batsmen in world cricket along with David Warner and Kane Williamson. I haven’t spoken with him a lot but I admire the way he plays. He is an all format batsman and that’s something I really appreciate. He has always been a strong Test player.”
“The way he played in the T-20 World Cup that was a revelation for me and I thought and I was like wow. He is very smart and he knows his game inside out. It’s very evident. He is a very competent guy and you love to play against such guys on the field. I love watching him bat as well. So, I wish him all the luck and hopefully we can play a lot more against each other and speak about the game as well.”
Kohli’s compliment of Root means that there is a healthy fight between these two great batsman. Earlier Root too praised Virat for his great batting in the series and this shows that their is also mutual applause and honour.