Australia pacer Jhye Richardson has said that the India captain Virat Kohli is the best batsman he has bowled to in his career. The fast bowler added that Kohli is at a different level because of his energy and aggression.
Australia pacer Jhye Richardson has said that the India captain Virat Kohli is the best batsman he has bowled to in his career. The fast bowler added that Kohli is at a different level because of his energy and aggression.
The statement came when Richardson in a Podcast was asked to name the best batsman he has bowled to in a podcast to which he replied: “Virat Kohli without a doubt”.
Richardson even gave reasons for choosing the Indian skipper over Rohit Sharma. “He (Virat Kohli) bats with so much energy and you can tell he’s on a different level than anyone else you bowl to. Even in the Indian team when you’ve got the Rohit Sharma’s and all but Kohli’s at a different level. He hits the ball in areas that you can’t even imagine. You can tell that he pushes the other guys in the team to sort of step up when he’s batting with them. He’s unbelievable. He can change a game like that,” said Richardson.
Richardson who has played six of his 13 ODIs against India has dismissed the batsman about four times. “There were a few times that I bowled to him in India post their Australian tour, as soon as I came on to bowl, it’s like he wanted to take me down straight away. He was in the fight from ball 1. I felt I was on the back foot,” added Richardson.
It was in India's tour of Australia in 2019 that Richardson made a name by dismissing Kohli on three consecutive times. Kohli did get a hundred in the second ODI and Richardson got the Indian captain out in all three ODIs in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne.
A couple of months later, when it was Australia’s turn to tour India for a five-match ODI series, Kohli decided to take the attack to Richardson. He scored a 123 in the third ODI in a losing cause.
The Kohli vs Richardson battle will resume when India tour Australia later this year for a full series.
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