Srinagar, May 13: Asked to name his three favourite batsmen of current era, Pakistan legend Zaheer Abbas named only two, Virat Kohli, Babar Azam.
Known as Asian Bradman , Abbas said that today’s generation only copy styles of only two cricketers and they are Virat Kohli and Babar Azam. He didn’t name his third favourite cricketer and stopped at two. He said this while talking to Cricket Pakistan.
“Captain of the Indian team, Virat Kohli is up there. There is no doubt that he is one of the best batsmen in the world. Then there’s our hero, Babar Azam and may god give him a long career and get more good performances out of him. He’s really god. You’ve asked me a tough question but I believe these are the only two batsmen in the world whose styles are being copied,” Abbas said.
Kohli and Babar are considered two of the finest batsmen in world cricket along with Steve Smith, Kane Williamson and Joe Root. Recently, Babar broke Kohli’s record to become the fastest batsman to score 2000 runs in T20 cricket, getting to the milestone in 52 innings, while the India captain took 56 innings to get there.