Virat Kohli and Steve Smith, these two are already considered among the all-time greatest batsmen of world cricket. They keep challenging each other with every match with their consistency of scoring runs. It is tough to choose any one between these two but experts often come up with their opinions and choices. Jonty Rhodes, the former South African recently expressed his views on the same in an interview with New Indian Express.
Rhodes in an interview with Indian Express chose Virat Kohli over Steve Smith. According to him, Kohli makes him enjoy cricket. He said, “I enjoy watching Virat Kohli. Steve Smith, with that action and technique, makes the ugliest hundreds I have ever seen but the man just keeps scoring runs.Someone who likes to watch cricket would want to say ‘Wow! What an amazing shot’ as opposed to ‘Oh! How on earth can he hit that?’ So Virat Kohli right now.”
One of the best fielders of all time was asked about the best one in today’s generation. He seemed to be very pleased with India’s Ravindra Jadeja although his vote went to New Zealand opener Martin Guptill. “Jadeja doesn’t get enough cricket time. Guptill is playing every game. Guptill is great in the slips, great in the covers, great in the boundaries. He is a great all-round fielder, Jadeja has got the X factor. There are really good fielders out there but Guptill for me stands out.”
Indian team is all set to begin their T20I series against South Africa with the second game in Mohali on Wednesday after the first was washed out. Two current prominent pace bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Kagiso Rabada will be representing India and South Africa respectively. While the audience cannot wait to watch the battle, Rhodes was reluctant to compare them. He said he would like to use both depending on the situation in hand. “It depends on what you want to do. If you want to knock people down at the start of the game then Rabada, but if you are looking to defend, then Bumrah as he is a specialist.”