“India used to win matches because Kohli scored Hundreds,” Shoaib Akhtar Praises Indian Maestro
Former Pakistani speedster Shoaib Malik has always rated star Indian batter Virat Kohli highly. “The Rawalpindi Express”, as he was known during his prime, regularly clocking over 150 kmph while bowling, has recently revealed the reason behind this .
According to him, Virat, “The Chasemaster”, as fondly called by his fandom, has single-handedly took his team over the line while chasing, thus smashing some blitzkrieg tons en route to victory.
Shoaib Akhtar Praises Virat Kohli
The 34 year batter has achieved several milestones and set several records on the way to achieve the status of a ‘legend’, in his 15 year long career. He had been struggling with form for sometime, but after taking a sabbatical from field, he came back and is now scoring tons for fun, just like earlier days.
He smashed his first T20 international century in the Asia Cup last year, against Afghanistan, thus roaring back in form in style.
One of the favorites of everyone
During his lean patch, Kohli was criticized by a half of the people worldwide, while some people always had his back, making him one of the favorites of everyone.
Supports and love poured from across the border too. Former Pakistani pace sensation Akhtar was always a big fan of Kohli, as he was occasionally heard speaking highly of him. Now, he opens up about the reason, explaining why he considered Kohli to be one of the best.
“See, I believe Sachin Tendulkar is the best batsman in the world. But as a captain, he was lost. He left the captaincy himself. I was talking to one of my friends about Virat Kohli, and we were discussing the same thing. He was lost, and when he works on his mind, he will perform. When his mind became free, he ruled the T20 World Cup.” Reportedly, Virat was in a league of his own in the T20 world cup , held in Australia last year, amassing the highest runs in the tournament.
“You also need to look that almost 40 centuries from Kohli came in run chases. Log kehte hain tum Virat ki bohot tareef karte ho, main kehta hu kaise naa karu? (People tell me that you praise Virat Kohli a lot. I just say, Why shouldn’t I do that?) During one stage, India used to win because of Virat’s hundreds,”.
Virat Kohli is occupying the second spot on 73 centuries, on an international level, is on his course to become the second person to score most centuries after legendary, fellow Indian, Sachin Tendulkar, who is sitting on the pinnacle with a 100 tons to his name.
