Virat Kohli About Babar Azam – Kohli Heaps Praise On Babar

Virat Kohli About Babar Azam:

The former captain of the Indian team and one of the greatest batters in the world, Virat Kohli praises the captain of the Pakistan team, Babar Azam for his talent and consistent performances.

The captain of the Pakistan team is already praised by some of the world’s greatest players ever and now he has also received high praise from the best in the business right now, Virat Kohli.

Babar Azam has always been a great addition to international cricket and has ruled international cricket in all three formats, since his debut and now the former Indian captain, Virat Kohli has also stamped his authority labeling him as the top batter in the world right now.

Virat Kohli rated Babar Azam as the best in the world right now and he also reveals that he loves watching the captain of the Pakistan team, Babar Azam bat as well.

In an interview with Star Sports, Virat Kohli expressed his views about the captain of the Pakistan team and recalled some good old memories as well, which he had with the young Pakistani captain, way back in the 2019 World Cup.

‘’ The first interaction I had with Babar Azam was during the 2019 ODI World Cup after the game in Manchester. I have known Imad since the U-19 world cup, and he said Babar wanted to have a chat. We sat down and spoke about the game. I saw a lot of regard and respect from him from day one, and that hasn’t changed ‘’, Virat Kohli added.

The former Indian skipper, Virat Kohli says that Babar Azam is probably the top batsman in the world in all three formats and there is no doubt of that. He also accepted that this is the reward for his consistent performances and he also loves watching him bat.

‘’ Regardless of the fact, he is probably the top batsman in the world across formats, and rightly so. Performs so consistently and I have always enjoyed watching him play ‘’, Kohli further added.

The two top batters of this generation, Babar Azam, and Virat Kohli were also seen in some exchange of good words when Babar Azam tweeted for his Indian counterpart, Virat Kohli after he was facing some media backlash because of some bad performances.

Babar Azam posted on Twitter, ‘’ This too shall pass. Stay Strong. #ViratKohli ‘’.

Virat Kohli replied to that post on Twitter, ‘’ Thank You. Keep shining and rising. Wish you all the best ‘’.

The all-format captain of the Pakistan team, Babar Azam was the one who dethroned Virat Kohli as the top-ranked ODI batter in the ICC Rankings and since that, he is still the #1 ranked ODI batsman in the world by a huge margin.

Babar Azam is the only batsman in world cricket who is ranked in the top five across all the ICC Rankings – He is ranked #1 in ODI cricket, #3 in T20I cricket, and #4 in Test cricket.