It’s been a long-standing debate between who is the better batsman between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam. The latter has already conceded that his Indian counterpart is always the best given that Kohli made his debut long before Babar. Moreover, it is unfair to compare both the players as Pakistan’s newly minted ODI and T20I captain made his international debut only in 2015. However, England spinner Adil Rashid picked Babar Azam as the better batsman ahead of Virat Kohli.
Rashid also went on to clarify that his selection is purely based on the current form. He also went on to acknowledge that it is tough to pick the best between the two cricketers as both are supremely talented and world-class batsmen.
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As per the quotes in Cricket Pakistan, Rashid said, “It is a tough one that. So if you go on the current form, I think I got to go with Babar Azam. That’s the current form I’m talking about. I picked Babar Azam because he is in a better form. They both are world-class players anyway.”
Rashid is not wrong as Virat Kohli’s current form is worrying for the Indian team. He struggled completely in New Zealand and managed to score only a solitary half-century.
While Kohli was looking in fine touch in T20Is, the Indian skipper’s after every passing game of the form tapered off as the tour progressed. He scored a half-century (51) in the first ODI of the three-match series but didn’t cross 20 since then on the tour. He was found wanting in testing conditions in the Test series where India ended on the losing side on both the occasions. Kohli endured one of his worst series mustering only 38 runs in four outings in the whites.
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On the contrary, Babar Azam was looking in fine touch during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and also amassed runs during the home series against Bangladesh at home. He also jumped in the ICC batsmen rankings across all the formats and looks set to pile on runs in the near future.
