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Shoaib Akhtar Replies To Critics Who Taunts Him For Praising Virat Kohli
By CricShots - Sep 3, 2020 7:29 pm
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Former Pakistan fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar has responded to the people who often used to criticize him for praising Indian players, especially skipper Virat Kohli. Shoaib, who is one of the fastest bowlers to ever played cricket, opened a Youtube account last year, where he gave his opinions on cricket affairs.

virat kohli
Virat Kohli

Akhtar lashed out at his critics and said they should look at the numbers of Virat Kohli before criticizing him for praising the Indian skipper. As per the quotes in Cricket Pakistan, Shoaib Akhtar said, “Why should I not praise Indian players and Virat Kohli? Is there any player in Pakistan, or all over the world, which comes close to Kohli? I don’t know why people are angry, they should go look at the stats first before criticizing me.”

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He further added, “There was a time when Indians wanted to be like Pakistan players but now it’s the other way around.”

Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar

Explained his point further, Akhtar said that Kohli has astonishing stats, who has scored 70 centuries in international cricket and has won several matches for India on his own.

Explaining it further, Akhtar said, “Kohli has 70 international hundreds right now. Who else has this many hundred right now in international cricket? How many series has he won for India? Should I not praise him then?” 

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The former fast bowler stated that Virat can be termed as the best batsman in the modern-day cricket and the way he and Rohit perform for India, there shouldn’t be any doubt on praising them.

Questioning further, Akhtar said, “This is very strange. We all can see clearly he is the biggest batsmen in the world. He and Rohit Sharma are performing all the time. Why shouldn’t we praise them?”