India’s star batter Virat Kohli praised Australian batter Steve Smith, naming him the “best Test player” of this era. Before the beginning of the World Test Championship (WTC) remaining towards Australia, Virat Kohli featured in a video the place he lauded Smith. “Steve Smith, according to me, is the best Test player of this generation. He has displayed that his adaptability is absolutely brilliant. You take any cricketer of this generation… in 85-90 Tests, he has an average of 60 which is quite unbelievable. The consistency and impact with which he scores runs, I haven’t seen anyone else doing that in last 10 years. Definitely, Steve Smith, along with Marnus Labuschagne, are their main players in the batting order because they control their batting lineup,” Virat instructed Star Sports.

“Smith has always done well against us and he has performed in England. You want to dismiss him as soon as possible because he can have a match-winning impact,” Kohli added.

Virat Kohli, who roared again to type throughout all codecs from late 2022 onwards has a complete of 1979 runs in Tests with a mean of 48.26 and a strike charge of 52.25 towards Australia. Steve Smith has scored 1887 Test runs with a mean of 65.06 and a strike charge of 52.79 towards India.

Kohli has a complete of eight Test a whole lot and 5 fifties towards Australia. Smith too has scored eight Test a whole lot in addition to 5 fifties towards India.

Smith’s highest Test rating towards India is 192 at Australia’s largest cricket stadium, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, whereas Kohli’s highest Test rating towards Australia is 186 in India’s largest cricket stadium, the Narendra Modi Stadium.

The whole runs scored by Kohli in ICC knockouts stands at 620 at a mean of over 51 in 16 innings in 15 such matches. He has six fifties. On the opposite hand, Smith has scored a complete of 322 runs in seven knockout innings at a mean of 80.5, with a century and three fifties.

Australia ended on the prime of the WTC desk with 11 wins, three losses, and 5 attracts in 19 matches whereas India led to second place with 10 wins, 5 losses and three attracts.

Virat has hit a complete of six take a look at centuries and 5 half-centuries in Australia. Smith has a complete of three take a look at centuries and a single half-century in India.

Kohli has scored a complete of 1033 take a look at runs with a 33.32 common and a strike charge of 51.59 with a complete of two centuries and 5 half-centuries in England with 149 being his highest rating.

In comparability, Smith scored a complete of 1727 take a look at runs with a mean of 59.55 and a strike charge of 61.41 and has six centuries and 7 half-centuries with 215 being his highest rating in England.

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.

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