Former West Indian bowler Courtney Walsh heaped praises on former Indian captain Virat Kohli and mentioned he would charge him simply behind Sachin Tendulkar. Walsh additionally mentioned the elegant right-hander reminds him of former Pakistani batter Javed Miandad. .
“Well, as an Indian great, I would rate him just behind Sachin. Sachin is one of the greatest I have seen and played against,” Walsh instructed JioCinema.
Speaking of nice batters he performed in opposition to Walsh mentioned, “Brian Lara, Viv Richards, I will put them up from a West Indian point of view. Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh. Two gentlemen I played when I was a youngster.”
“There is also Graham Gooch from England and Javed Miandad, against whom I probably did not as many games, but the value they put on their wickets reminded me of Virat Kohli as well. He doesn’t want to go. So I will definitely have him in my top 4, top 5 greatest cricketers I have seen,” he added,” he added.
Walsh additionally recalled a chat when Kohli was India’s captain. “He has got the passion for the game, he wants to leave a mark in the game. I remember having a conversation with him when I was the selector for West Indies, and he was the captain. We were having a chat. You could tell that he wants to be the best.”
“He was willing to seek out advice from anyone that will help to do so. I am not surprised by the achievement. The passion he has and the drive he has to be the top 3, top 5 in everything he does,” He added.
Kohli on Thursday scored an beautiful 87. He acquired off the mark with a straight drive after consuming 20 dot balls and can go into day two simply 13 runs shy of his first hundred in an abroad Test since December 2018.
The majority of his six boundaries got here on the off aspect together with a picture-perfect cowl drive off a Kemar Roach half-volley within the 57th over.
