Former Australian captain Ian Chappell feels India skipper Virat Kohli’s penchant for playing copybook cricketing shots and his incredible fitness make him the world’s best batsman across formats among the current generation of cricketers.
“Of that group (including Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root), Kohli is the best in all three forms.
His record in all three forms is quite unbelievable, particularly his record in the shorter forms.”
Chappell’s comments come after former England batsman Kevin Pietersen said that Australia’s batting mainstay Smith was nowhere close to Kohli.
Kohli, who has scored 70 international hundreds and more than 20,000 runs, averages more than 50 in all three formats.
Explaining his reasons on why he feels Kohli is the best, Chappell said: “I like his approach to batting. We did an interview with him last time India were in Australia, and one of the things he talked about was why he didn’t play the fancy shots, the innovative shots of particularly T20 cricket.