The India captain, Virat Kohli, and the Australian stalwart, Steve Smith hold similar respect in cricket what Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo hold in football as they all are fierce competitors on the field and better than most of their competitors. Just like the Messi vs Ronaldo debate has been going on for years, the Kohli vs Smith comparisons are ceaseless as well.

Despite the world pitting them against each other, the two stalwarts of the cricketing fraternity seem to have immense respect for each other. Virat has spoken about his admiration for Steve, even gesturing to fans during a World Cup 2019 match not to boo Smith after the Australian had returned from his ban, while the latter considers Kohli as a great cricketer as well. 

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On Sunday, the Australian star was asked by a fan say one word about Kohli, and Smith’s choice of word was — “Freak!”

Steve Smith had a Q&A session with fans on Instagram and answered about various topics. Not surprisingly many fans asked questions pertaining to Indian stars. Among the many questions that Smith chose to answer, one was on former India skipper MS Dhoni. A fan asked Smith to give his opinion on Dhoni and the Australian replied: “Legend! Mr Cool”.

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Australia’s star batsman was also asked to name an Indian cricketer that had impressed him the most, Smith wrote: “KL Rahul. Very good player!”

On a lighter note, Marnus Labuschagne too had a question for Smith, and the reply was a straight hit, out of the ground. To the question “Who is your favourite player to bat with?”, Smith replied: “Not you. You talk too much @maruns3!!”