Virat Kohli is one of the world’s best batters right now. Many fans and cricket experts have put him in the modern era’s Fab 4 group. The group also features New Zealand cricket team captain Kane Williamson, Australian cricket team’s Test vice-captain Steve Smith and former England Test cricket team skipper Joe Root.
There has always been a debate as to who is the best batter among the Fab 4. Some have picked Smith, some have selected either Root or Williamson, while others have named Virat Kohli as the best one. Recently, a Twitter user shared a stat about most runs by a batter against an international team among the current players.
Virat Kohli dominated the list. He has scored 4,483 runs against the Australian cricket team, which is considered to have one of the best bowling attacks in the world. He has also scored 3,844 runs against the reigning World Cup champions England, while he has aggregated 3,653 runs against two-time T20 World Cup winners West Indies. Against former T20 World Cup and ICC World Cup winners Sri Lanka, he has scored 3,644 runs.
Kane Williamson’s name does not appear even once on the list. Steve Smith has scored 4,059 runs against Ashes rivals England, while Joe Root has scored 3,242 runs against the Indian cricket team.
Virat Kohli totally dominated the list shared by the Twitter user
Consistency is one of the main things in cricket. Scoring runs consistently against the same team is one of the toughest tasks to do, because the team gets an idea about the player’s style and technique after playing a few matches against him. However, Virat Kohli has been unstoppable against these four top-quality cricketing teams.
Here is the tweet shared by the user named ComeOn Sports:
Most runs against an Opponent among Current players
— ComeOn Sports 🇮🇳 (@ComeOn_Sports) June 21, 2022
4483 – Virat Kohli vs 🇦🇺
4059 – Steve Smith vs 🏴
3844 – Virat Kohli vs 🏴
3653 – Virat Kohli vs 🏝
3644 – Virat Kohli vs 🇱🇰
3242 – Joe Root vs 🇮🇳#ViratKohli
