James Anderson ne MS Dhoni ya Ben Stokes ko nahi, balki 35 saal ke ek legend ko ‘Best Chaser In The World’ ke roop mein chunna hai.
Virat Kohli cricket ke sabse bade khiladiyon mein se ek ke roop mein jane jayenge, khaaskar white ball cricket mein. Wo ODI format mein sabse zyada centuries ki list mein top par hain – 50 centuries. Ye Sachin Tendulkar ke monumental feats me se ek tha jo Kohli ne tod diya. 35 saal ke Kohli ne ab tak apne career mein 80 hundreds banaye hain aur Tendulkar ke sabse zyada international hundreds ka record todne ke raste par hain. Kohli ki greatness ka ek bada karan tha uski pressure ke niche perform karne ki ability. Jab bhi team mushkil mein hoti, Kohli ne aage aakar apne team ko jeet dilayi.
Kohli ka performance chase karte waqt apne peak par tha aur unhe ‘chase master’ ka tag mila. Kohli ne akela hi India ko kai remarkable run chases jeetne mein madad ki. Virat Kohli ke 50 ODI hundreds me se 27 chase karte waqt aaye aur India ne unme se 23 matches jeete. T20Is me bhi same situation thi jahan Kohli ka chase karte waqt average 67.10 tha, jabki unka overall T20I average 48 hai.
Veteran England cricketer James Anderson ne Virat Kohli ke performance ki tareef ki aur kaha ki white ball cricket me chase karte waqt Kohli se behtar koi batsman nahi hai.
“Anderson ne Tailenders Podcast par kaha, ‘Mujhe nahi lagta ki Virat Kohli se behtar koi batsman hai white ball cricket me chase karte waqt.'”
Kohli aur Anderson ke beech field par intense rivalry thi. Dono ne Tests me 36 innings ka samna kiya, jahan Kohli ne English seamer ke against 305 runs banaye average 43.57 ke saath aur 7 baar out hue. Anderson ne ODIs me bhi Kohli ko out kiya. Unhone Kohli ko chhe innings me bowled kiya aur Kohli ne 26 runs banaye average 8.66 ke saath aur teen baar out hue.
