Hashmatullah Shahidi: India’s star batsman Virat Kohli is counted among the biggest players of the present time. He has a tremendous fan following all over the world. Kohli’s fans are present not only in India but also in other countries and that is why wherever he goes to play, his fans are present everywhere. One name in this is also of Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, who is a big fan of Virat.
Shahidi wants Kohli to play for the Afghanistan team. Actually, Shahidi put his heart in front of everyone in response to a question. Let us tell you that Kohli, who made his international debut in 2008, has a pile of records. He has scored 26965 runs in 534 matches so far. Whenever 35-year-old Virat comes on the field, he makes some record in his name.
Hashmatullah Shahidi: Hashmatullah Shahidi gave a big statement about Virat Kohli
In Shubhankar Mishra’s podcast, Shahidi was asked that if you had a chance to bring one player from the Indian team to the Afghanistan team, whom would you choose? In response, Shahidi chose the ‘diamond’ i.e. took Kohli’s name. He said, “There are many. But I will choose Virat Kohli. You see his statistics and performance. He has scored 50 centuries in ODIs. This is a huge achievement.
It may seem easy to say but it is not so. But going out and playing every day and scoring a century 50 times is really amazing. His statistics speak for themselves.” Kohli is the only cricketer to score 50 ODI centuries. He made this record last year by beating Sachin Tendulkar (49). He has played 72 half-century innings in the ODI format.
Kohli (80) is second in the list of players who have scored the most international centuries. He has scored 29 centuries in Test cricket. Sachin (100 centuries) is ahead of him. At the same time, when Shahidi was asked whose cover drive is better between Kohli and Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam? The Afghanistan captain immediately said Kohli.
Also, Shahidi was asked who is better among India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi? After thinking for a while, the captain said, “Both are good. But I will go with Bumrah. He has a lot of variation. There is a higher chance of getting out against him.”