Legendary pacer James Anderson, who has recently retired from International cricket, named Indian star batter Virat Kohli as the greatest player in the white-ball format. Since Anderson was a successful pacer in Test cricket, he also played a lot against Kohli. Kohli is hailed by a lot of people as one of best player to play the sport, but Anderson believes that he is the greatest white-ball player ever in history of the game.
Kohli and Anderson have had a face-off in 36 innings. Virat scored 305 runs averaging at 43.57, along with getting dismissed 7 times against Anderson.
Anderson shared some words when he was talking about him thinking Kohli to be the best white-ball player
“I do not know if there is been a better batter in the history of the game batting second and chasing down scores than Virat Kohli,” Anderson said. “His record at chasing is absolutely phenomenal. The number of hundreds he has scored in the second innings, chasing down scores is ridiculous. It is no surprise that when he gets in that situation, with his mentality, it is just like it is meant to be. His self-belief is so high,” said Anderson.
When asked further about his thoughts if Kohli was made the best batsman in the white-ball, Anderson named Australian Michael Bevan, who is another ODI legend famous for completing games when batting in the middle order.
“I cannot say that. I was thinking more in terms of just chasing. Michael Bevan from Australia comes to my mind, particularly in the late 1990s and early 2000s – he was just phenomenal coming in at number six and doing that job. Kohli batting at number 3 gets those hundreds while Bevan was renowned for getting his 50s, 60s and being at the end, while Kohli gets the big score, to get his teams over the line. I honestly can’t think of a better finisher and greater white-ball players than him (Kohli),” he added
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