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In the build-up to the World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2023, scheduled to be played at The Oval in London, the cricketers of both Australia and India are making constant appearances in front of the cameras. Recently, the social media team of the ICC (International Cricket Council) caught up with Aussie players and asked them to describe the greatness of Virat Kohli in a few words.
The 34-year-old Indian cricketer, who is a long-standing thorn in the side of Australia, has also won many plaudits from their players, for his consistent performances against them across formats. In the 24 Test matches, Kohli has scored 1979 runs against the team from down under at an average of 48.26, with eight centuries.
Cameron Green, the Australian all-rounder, was quoted as saying to the ICC about Virat Kohli, “The man of India and he has been for quite a while, he’s been leading the team for the last decade and has been so successful.”
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The veteran opening batter, David Warner opined that the former Cricket World Cup winner is a player who has an “unbelievable cover drive.” While his partner at the top of the order, Usman Khawaja, called the Indian superstar as “competitive.”
Pat Cummins, the current captain of Australia, described Kohli as a good player who always seems like up for the fight, while his fast bowling partner, Mitchell Starc remarked that he is “skillful, dominating, and the backbone of the middle order.”
The former Aussie captain Steve Smith sung the praises for Virat Kohli and said, “Obviously, he’s been a superstar for a long period of time. Loves playing against Australia, often scores runs against us but hopefully, we can keep him quiet this week.” Meanwhile, Marnus Labuschagne, one of his closest mates in the Australian team opined that Virat Kohli is “One of the greats. All format great, hopefully not so great this week.