The debate of who is better between Virat Kohli and Steve Smith has been going for quite some time now. While some have been brave enough in choosing one of the two, others have adopted a more cautious, sit-on-the-fence approach. However, former Indian skipper, Gautam Gambhir didn’t mince his words his expressing his thought about who is better between the two in white-ball cricket.

The former India opener feels Kohli is streets ahead of Smith when it comes to ODIs and T20Is Arguably, two of the best of their generation, Kohli and Smith will be locking horns with each other when India host Australia in first of the three-match ODI series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.

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Speaking on a show on Star Sports, Gambhir said there was “no comparison” between Kohli and Smith in limited-overs cricket. He said, “Virat Kohli is far far better than Steve Smith in white-ball cricket. There’s no comparison. I would not compare Virat Kohli to Steve Smith in white-ball cricket. I would actually want to see what spot Smith bats in. Are they going to push him at No.4 or would have him bat at 3 and send (Marnus) Labuschagne at No.4.”

Virat is currently leading the charts in the latest ICC ODI rankings ahead of teammate Rohit Sharma. Steve Smith, who spent a year away from the game after his ball-tampering ban, is currently in joint 27th place in the ICC ODI rankings.

The Indian skipper has been head and shoulders ahead of contemporaries in ODI cricket as he has scored as many as 11,609 runs in 242 matches at an average of 59.84. He has a whopping 43 centuries to his name along with 55 half-centuries.

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On the other hand, Smith has played 118 ODIs, scoring 3,810 runs at an average of 41.41 with just eight centuries and 23 fifties under his belt.