Australian women’s team captain Alyssa Healy kept Indian superstar Virat Kohli at the bottom of the ‘Fab Four’ consisting of Kohli, Kane Williamson, Joe Root, and Steve Smith. However, going by the numbers, Kohli is way ahead of the other three in the white-ball formats. He is third all-time in ODIs with almost 14,000 runs at an average of over 58 as well. Meanwhile, neither of Williamson, Smith, and Root have even scored 7,000 runs, and their averages are in the 40s as well.

Notably, in T20Is, Kohli is the second all-time with 4,188 runs, while the other three haven’t even scored 3,000 runs so far as well. However, Tests are the format where the other three batters average over 50 while Virat Kohli is on 49.15.

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Talking about the Fab Four on the LiSTNR Sport podcast, Healy said: “Williamson has carried the whole New Zealand team, whereas for Virat, he is the greatest player in the world, let’s be real. But with him, it’s like someone else is always there. Rohit Sharma can score hundreds. KL Rahul can score a 100. Even [Ravindra] Jadeja can score a 100 at No. 8. He has always got someone else, but I feel that if Williamson doesn’t make those runs, New Zealand don’t get anywhere near winning. They’re all very great. But if I’m purely basing it on number, I’m going to put Kohli as fourth.”

“But I actually rate him as No. 1 in everything else. But if you’re basing it on number, Kohli is going to sit fourth for me. I’m looking at it analytically. I think about how much cricket he plays and that’s where I look at his stats. And they are remarkable based on the sheer amount of cricket he plays and the pressure he is under. But if I look at it analytically, he is going to sit fourth.”

While Kane Williamson and Steve Smith have helped their respective teams win the World Test Championship (WTC) title, Kohli and Root haven’t yet tasted success there as well.