New Zealand seamer Tim Southee on Sunday weighed in on the Fab 4 debate and rated Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson greater than India’s Virat Kohli in addition to Steve Smith and Joe Root.
“I’ve most likely bowled essentially the most to Kane within the nets. It’s all the time a troublesome problem for us as bowlers to be examined by probably the greatest on the earth within the nets day in time out. To see Kane do it first hand has been wonderful to observe. The others are phenomenal as properly. There’s a purpose why they’re known as the Fab 4,” Southee mentioned on the eve of New Zealand’s one-off Take a look at in opposition to Afghanistan at Larger Noida on Monday.
Kohli has the bottom Take a look at common among the many Fab 4 and is the one participant to common lower than 50 among the many lot (49.15). Nonetheless, Kohli’s white ball numbers have been exceptional and are far superior to the remainder of the three in each ODIs and T20Is.
Australian ladies’s staff skipper Alyssa Healy on Saturday had additionally mentioned she would put the Indian talisman on the backside of Fab 4.
“I’m going to place Kohli as fourth. However I fee him as No. 1 in all the things else. However when you’re basing it on numbers, Kohli will sit fourth for me. I’m taking a look at it analytically,” Healy mentioned talking on the LiSTNR Sport podcast.
“I take into consideration how a lot cricket he performs and that’s the place I have a look at his stats. And they’re exceptional based mostly on the sheer quantity of cricket he performs and the stress he’s underneath,” she added.