Veteran England player Adil Rashid named Virat Kohli and Babar Azam as the tougher batters to bowl to between them. He picked Kohli over Babar for his ability to put the opposition under pressure and win matches as well. Adil also applauded Kohli for his skills, particularly while chasing. However, he has scored 8064 runs in 167 matches while chasing in ODIs at an average of 64 and a strike-rate of 93.23 as well.

“For me, who I found more difficult to bowl to would be Kohli purely just because of the game situations firstly. He can put pressure back on the opposition. not only by hitting fours and sixes but you know you need to get him out because if he is chasing, if he stays for 10-15 overs it’s going to be the game. So you think lets get him out early. 70-80% percent of the time if he is chasing, you know they will win the game. Babar is not known for that. So I would say Kohli was the harder one to bowl to for me,” the England spinner said on the ‘Beard Before Wicket’ podcast.

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However, Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali also commented on the better bowler between Jasprit Bumrah and Brett Lee as well. Moeen also added that people tend to forget how good a player was once he retires and compare them with current players as well. While he believed that Bumrah is outstanding, Adil Rashid picked Brett Lee over Bumrah in white-ball cricket as well.

“Bumrah has done it for five or six years. People like Brett Lee did it for 15 years. Why I said Lee over Bumrah, they’ve probably got similar numbers but Lee did it for extra ten years. With Bumrah, he’s got to do it for another ten years. You’ve got to do it to get close to Lee. Lee has been proven even in terms of longevity. In white-ball cricket with the new ball, he was gun, and even at the backend. I would still go with Lee over Bumrah. Bumrah like I said has done it for five years or whatever but Lee has for a number of years. If you look at where Lee was and Bumrah is after six years, then that would be different,” he concluded.