Published 19:44 IST, May 3rd 2020

Mohammad Yousuf praises Virat Kohli; rates him ‘Number one’ at the moment

Lavishing praises over Indian Skipper Virat Kohli, former Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf rated the Indian skipper as 'No. 1 at the moment'. 

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Lavishing praises over Indian Skipper Virat Kohli,  former Pakistan batsman Mohamm Yousuf rated Indian skipper as '. 1 at moment'.  Kohli is regarded as best player across formats in modern-day game. He has been top-ranked batsman in all three formats of game and is currently top-ranked batsman in ODIs and ranked second in Tests. 

Yousuf held a Q&A session on Twitter on Saturday, where a user asked him to give one word for Indian skipper. Yousuf response was full of praise for him.  

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Furrmore, he also said that Tendulkar and Lara were his favourite players. When he was asked to pick best white-ball captain in game at moment, Yousuf named New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson.

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It so happened that during a recent interaction, 1975 World Cup finalist was asked to pick between Kohli and Smith. However, he even asked wher he h to pick one of m as a batsman or as a captain and when everything was me clear to him, cricketer-turned-commentator/analyst picked Indian skipper over his compatriot as best batsman as well as captain.

Meanwhile, all global sporting events have eir been postponed or cancelled due to global pandemic. IPL 2020 that was supposed get underway on March 29 with tournament opener between last year's finalists and multiple-time champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have been indefinitely suspended for w.

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Meanwhile, over last few years, Kohli has asserted his dominance with bat across formats. In 86 Tests, he has scored 7240 runs at an aver of 53.62. In ODIs, Kohli has scored 11867 runs from 248 matches at an aver of 59.33 and an impressive strike rate of 93.25. Kohli is also highest run-getter in shortest format of game.

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19:43 IST, May 3rd 2020