India vs New Zealand: Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma- Ross Taylor fuels 'fight' between India's top ODI batsmen

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are the biggest match-winning batsmen India have in their ranks- especially in the limited-overs format. While Kohli invariably is the most-talked-about player before any series, Rohit Sharma also keeps staking his claim as the most dangerous batsman in shorter formats of the game.

The healthy rivalry is going to be on display during the upcoming ODI series against New Zealand. The hosts' experienced campaigner Ross Taylor has also provided his take on the two.

Taylor warned his side against focussing too much about just Kohli, pointing out that India's batting order is littered with excellent batsmen including Rohit Sharma.

"Kohli is a sensational player, the best one-day player going around, easily. It’s easy to get caught up in him,” Taylor told stuff.co.nz. "You’ve got two pretty good openers at the top, Rohit (Sharma) and Shikhar (Dhawan), before he gets in." 

Since 2018, while Kohli leads the run charts in ODIs with 1355 runs at an average of 112.91, Rohit Sharma is the second highest run-scorer during that period with 1215 runs at 71.47. Shikhar Dhawan is also not far behind and is at fourth place 952 runs at an average of 45.33.

Taylor himself has had a stellar year averaging 92.00 – bettered only by Kohli during that period – in 14 matches.