Sandeep Patil has boldly claimed that Virat Kohli is not even the best batsman in Team India, at least in limited-overs cricket. Instead, Rohit Sharma is currently a better batsman than Kohli when it comes to limited-overs cricket. Patil said that Kohli undoubtedly is India’s best batsman in Test cricket but in ODIs and T20Is, Rohit is ahead of him.
“Virat Kohli fans might not like it but I have to say Rohit Sharma is currently the better batsman,” Patil told.
“Virat is definitely a great batsman, no doubt about it. He is India’s best Test batsman but when it comes to limited overs cricket, Rohit is ahead of him,” said Patil.
“I’m sure Virat’s going to come back from the break and score lots of runs in South Africa but when we talk about limited-overs cricket this year, Rohit has been unbelievable. People may say he has played more matches against Sri Lanka but so has Virat. Whether he is playing only as a batsman or as captain Rohit has proved he is best at the moment,” remarked the former India cricketer.
In Kohli’s absence, Rohit has taken to international captaincy against Sri Lanka and set the stage alight in the ODIs by smashing his third double hundred — the only batsman in the world to do so. In the T20Is as well, Rohit was in top form and smashed the joint-fastest T20I hundred in Indore. Rohit also became the first Indian player and fifth overall to score two centuries in T20Is after Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Ewin Lewis and Colin Munro.
