India batter Virat Kohli put all of the criticism on maintain after he roared again to kind throughout the Asia Cup 2022 with a century in opposition to Afghanistan. He continued his kind within the 2022 T20 World Cup and emerged as the very best run-scorer. Later, he confirmed his classic batting model and introduced up his much-awaited twenty ninth Test ton in opposition to Australia within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in March this yr. His batting usually will get in comparison with Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, who can also be rising as probably the most deadly batters on the earth.

As all of the groups now gearing up for the ODI World Cup, which will likely be held in India in October, the followers are excited to see the face-off between Virat and Babar. Speaking in regards to the competitors between the 2 batters, former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan made a daring prediction and said that Babar has the potential to surpass Virat’s data.

“I haven’t recently seen cricket, but I believe that Virat Kohli and Babar Azam belong to the same class. Babar Azam can surpass Virat Kohli; he is that good, from what I have seen,” Imran told a local journalist, as quoted by Cricket Pakistan.

Notably, each Virat and Babar share an excellent bond off the sector as they’ve been seen supporting one another throughout their robust instances.

Earlier when Virat was battling a lean patch, Babar had posted an image with the Indian batter and captioned it, “This too shall pass.”

Virat performed an unbeaten knock of 82 runs off 53 balls in opposition to Pakistan within the T20 World Cup final yr and helped India clinch a victory by 4 wickets. However, India have been eradicated within the semi-finals whereas Pakistan completed because the runners-up.

Apart from his heroics within the worldwide cricket, the 34-year-old batter additionally had an awesome outing within the IPL 2023. He smashed 639 runs in 14 matches, laced with two centuries and 6 half-centuries.

On the opposite hand, Babar has scored 3696 runs in 47 Test matches and 5089 runs in 100 ODIs. He has bought 9 tons within the longest format and 18 and three centuries within the ODI and T20I format.

Recently, Babar topped the record forward of Virat Kohli and Steve Smith with the very best batting common on the quantity 4 batting spot within the Test format after enjoying a minimal variety of 15 innings. He has an exceptional common of 69.10 after enjoying 20 innings. During this era he has struck 8 half-centuries and 4 tons.

(With ANI Inputs)