Virat is best batsman in world cricket: Shastri

Centurion : India’s head coach Ravi Shastri feels that the sheer impact of Virat Kohli’s brilliance makes him ‘world’s best batsman’ at the moment.

Kohli along with Joe Root, Kane Williamson and Steven Smith are considered to be the four top batsmen in world cricket but Shastri feels that the Indian skipper is in a league of his own.”It’s not just about averages, it is the way you get runs, when you get it, and the impact those runs have on what the team does. I would simply say he is the best batsman in the world now,”Shastri declared at the post series media interaction.

The coach also praised Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal for their good show as India now have more wicket-taking options in the middle overs, something that they team lacked a couple of years earlier. Shastri also rubbished theories that it was weak South African side that was on the park during the ODI side.