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'Obviously, without a doubt': New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson names 'the best player' in world cricket right now

India and New Zealand will lock horns again in a two-match Test series next, scheduled to start from February 21.

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New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has lauded Team India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday (February 20) on the eve of the first Test match between the two nations.

Speaking at the post-match press conference, Williamson claimed that Virat as the best player in all three formats of the game.

"Obviously, Virat is the best, one-off, without a doubt in all formats but they are a quality side and leading the World Test Championship," Kane told reporters.

"There is a reason for it, they have so many quality batsmen in their line-up and they have got a world-class bowling line-up as well," he added.

31-year-old Kohli is ranked number 1 in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test and ODI rankings and holds the 10th spot in T20Is.

"So, you certainly do not focus on the one single player and that brings us back to the focus on everyone's team approach," Williamson said.

The Kiwi skipper then took a trip down the memory lane and spoke about the first time he faced Kohli in competitive cricket during the U19 World Cup when India locked horns with New Zealand.

"We have to go quite a long way back really to Under-19s and have played against each other in different competitions as well, obviously in international arena, in the IPL and I have always admired Virat in a lot of ways setting benchmarks in international games is pretty obvious with his standard that he sets," said Williamson.

"It was really interesting the other day, sought of sit-down and have a quiet chat on the out-field and share a lot of thoughts that we had and a lot of similar views on the game and inside different approaches which was really refreshing and was quite inspiring as well," he added.

India and New Zealand will lock horns again in a two-match Test series next, scheduled to start from February 21.

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