The Asia Cup 2023 match between India and Pakistan is simply not far away and lots of eyes will likely be on Virat Kohli who has been a star performer on this contest through the years. With the 2 groups not enjoying bilateral sequence for practically a decade, the one likelihood that followers have of seeing these two rivals face one another is at continental or International Cricket Council (ICC) occasions. Pakistan cricket staff spinner Shadab Khan was all reward for Kohli forward of the much-anticipated conflict and mentioned that bowler have to have correct plans whereas going through a batter of his caliber.

In a current interplay, he additionally recalled Kohli’s match-winning knock within the 2022 T20 World Cup and mentioned that no different batter may have performed that approach towards the Pakistan bowling assault.

“He (Kohli) is a world-class player, definitely. You have to plan a lot to face him,” Shadab informed Star Sports on the sidelines of the event.

Kohli slammed an unbeaten 53-ball 82-run knock towards Pakistan in a gaggle match of the ICC T20 World Cup at Melbourne final yr to information India to a convincing four-wicket win over their arch-rivals.

Recalling that knock, Shadab mentioned, “The kind of batsman that Virat Kohli is, the way he has performed against us, even in the last match at the (2022 T20) World Cup, I don’t think that if any other batsman in the world was in that situation, could have done that to our bowling line-up.”

“And, the beauty of it is that he can do this at any stage and at any time.”

(With PTI inputs)