A contest, where it is hard to point out that who is edging past the other even by a hair’s breadth. A battle between the two ‘best’ batsmen of this modern era- Virat Kohli and Steve Smith.

One has to that they are the Two ‘best’ as it is hard to distinguish between them. The leaders of two cricketing nations of the highest order, who are on the verge of reaching excellence. In order to make the argument unbiased, one can’t say who is the numero uno, as legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne couldn’t place one above the other.

In his News Ltd column, Warne wrote, “It’s hard to split Virat Kohli and Smith for the title of No.1 Test batsmen in the world at the moment and the best players like the battle and are super competitive.”

Amongst the numerous other things, a special quality which both Kohli and Smith possesses in plenty of discrete ability to counter. Whenever they have been subjected to banter and sledging, they gave it back in such a strong fashion that the opponents thinks 10 times before poking them again.

Talking about the ongoing Ashes, Warne wrote, “I’m not sure I’d be sledging him in Perth. If I was England the best thing now would be to not say a word to him when he walks out, just ignore him and give him the silent treatment. Engaging him in banter could just ignite the concentration within and lead to a big hundred for the Aussie skipper. It’s a bit like when the Australian teams that I played in started sledging Brian Lara – we learnt after the seventh or eighth ton that it wasn’t a great plan.”