Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad showered praises for Indian skipper Virat Kohli and the rest of the current crop of Indian batsmen. During his recent interview with pakpassion.net, Miandad said, “What I really admire about Indian batsmen and the reason why they are so successful, is the fact that their batting technique is correct.”

Talking about Kohli further, Jave said, “In Virat Kohli’s case his batting method is what allows him to score runs not just once but almost every time he comes in to bat. If a batsman’s technique is bad, he can put some runs on the board once in a while, but he will not be able to do that consistently which is exactly true in Kohli’s case.”

Kohli has gone into overdrive in India’s ongoing tour of South Africa. India have won the first three ODIs played so far and Kohli has scored centuries in two of them. He amassed 160*in the Cape Town ODI and was unbeaten after coming into bat after the very first over of the match. The veteran cricketer said, “To me, the mark of a great batsman, like Kohli is the fact that he can vary his technique by quickly understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the bowlers. Kohli is a genius who is the best batsman in the world.”

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Talking about the Pakistan U-19 team loss against India in the recently concluded World Cup, he said, “The loss to India in the ICC Under 19 World Cup was by a big margin of 203 runs which is hard to take but if truth be told, our team was lucky to have progressed that far given the inexperience of our players.”

Miandad further elaborated, “Of course, victory and defeat are part of any sport, but we need to accept that there was a huge difference in terms of skills between both teams. Also, we should not be too hard on our boys as we saw how recently in South Africa, the Indian senior team which has some very big names failed miserably in 2 of 3 Tests, so such things can happen, and we cannot be too harsh on Pakistan Under 19 team.”