In modern-day cricket, there are 4 batsmen who are showing their class to the world across formats. They always keep on raising bars every time they are on the field with the willow in their hand. Indian skipper Virat Kohli, Australia captain Steve Smith, England skipper Joe Root and the Kiwi captain Kane Williamson have been playing some extra-ordinary cricket at the moment and are being compared with each other every now and then.

Virat and Smith are the two batsmen who probably are enjoying the darkest shade of the purple patch in their respective careers as their hunger for scoring centuries is never-ending. Kohli has scored 6 double centuries in last 18 months while Smith recently hit a double ton in the ongoing Ashes series.

Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar, in an interview with gulf news, was asked to give his opinion on the ongoing comparison for the best batsmen among Kohli, Smith and Root.

Vengasarkar said, “They are all great players and I feel it is not right to compare them. If you ask me who will you want to watch play, I will watch Kohli because he is so elegant and a brilliant cracker of the ball. Smith is an effective player but not an elegant player.”

The current Indian skipper is known for some of the classic cricketing shots, while his Australian counterpart has his own unorthodox technique and shots to get to those huge scores.

Dilip also said that even Joe Root is a very good cricketer and has the all the abilities of a great player, but he will walk extra miles to watch the Virat play.

Indian cricket team is going to face huge challenge against South Africa in South Africa where they play 3 Tests, 6 ODIs and 3 T20Is. The first Test starts on  5th of January.