Out-of-favour Pakistan batter Ahmed Shehzad has opened up on comparisons with India maestro Virat Kohli. Shehzad, who’s presently not a part of the nationwide group setup, final represented Pakistan in 2019. The 30-year-old has performed in 13 Tests, 81 ODIs and 59 ODIs for Pakistan up to now. During a latest interplay, Shehzad defined how comparisons can go towards a participant, particularly when a teen is making an attempt to make his identify within the sport. He additional defined why comparisons with Kohli was not proper for him.

“The comparisons go against you. In the space of two matches, you start making exaggerated comparisons. It isn’t possible, because we are two different individuals, leading two different lives. His life is different. He had Dhoni, my life’s scenario was different,” Shehzad said in a video uploaded by Cricket Pakistan.

Shehzad additionally identified that when everybody desires a participant out of the group, it’s laborious to focus and carry out. “I’ve said this earlier, you can have two things – either you can have support from everyone, or when everyone is trying to keep you out,” he added.

Shehzad has been grinding it out within the home circuit. His performances, nevertheless, hasn’t been constant sufficient to impress the administration. While he final performed for Pakistan in a T20I towards Sri Lanka in Lahore, he hasn’t performed a Test or an ODI since 2017.

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Kohli, alternatively, has been the mainstay for the Indian group within the batting division for practically a decade. Kohli, who celebrated his thirty fourth birthday on Saturday, has been in high type within the ongoing T20 World Cup, having hit unbeaten half-centuries in three of India’s 4 video games up to now.

The former India captain scored match-winning 82 not out towards arch-rivals Pakistan, and adopted up with knocks of 62 not out and 64 not out towards the Netherlands and Bangladesh, respectively. He can be the main run-scorer within the match, with 246 runs up to now.