Ahmed Shehzad breaks silence on Virat Kohli comparisons over his looks

Discarded Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad has finally opened up on his comparison with India's star cricketer Virat Kohli. Shehzad calls his comparison with Kohli "wrong" in terms of the performances on the field.

Ahmed Shehzad was once known as the future of Pakistan cricket. He made his international debut almost at the same time as Virat Kohli made his debut for India. Both of them had immense talent in them and showed glimpses of being their country's future.

While Kohli kept on growing in stature every year, Shehzad's rise was hampered due to a lack of form and consistency. Both of them were also known for their good looks and were further compared on this basis.

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Ahmed Shehzad breaks silence on his comparison with Virat Kohli

Recently, Ahmed Shehzad was interviewed by Sports Tak where he spoke about his comparisons with Virat Kohli. Shehzad feels that the comparison between the two players was "wrong" but doesn't shy away from the fact that they can be only compared through looks.

"I was compared to Virat Kohli, which was wrong. The talk up to the looks was fine, but there was no other comparison," Shehzad said during the interview.

Ahmad Shahzad told Vikrant Gupta "I was compared to Virat Kohli, which was wrong. The talk up to the looks was fine, but there was no other comparison" 🇵🇰🇮🇳💔 pic.twitter.com/LsSVsX4ugN

— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) February 25, 2025

While Kohli was able to convert his talent into several match-winning performances, Shehzad wasn't able to find consistency in his career. Kohli went on to grow from strength to strength and emerged as one of India's finest ever.

Ahmed Shehzad's international numbers

Ahmed Shehzad has not yet retired from international cricket but doesn't often participate in tournaments. He is mostly seen in TV channels and interviews nowadays where he is one of the critics of Pakistan's poor performances recently.

Shehzad played 13 Tests, 81 ODIs, and 59 T20Is for Pakistan. Despite producing impressive performances in Test cricket where he scored 982 runs at an average of 40.91 with 3 hundreds and 4 fifties, he didn't get many chances to play red-ball cricket.

He played most of his career as a white-ball player. Shehzad scored 2605 runs in 81 ODIs at an average of 32.56 and a strike rate of 72.08. In T20Is, he struck 1471 runs at a modest average of 25.80 and a strike rate of 114.74 with the best of 111* against Bangladesh.

Virat Kohli's incredible numbers in international cricket

On the other hand, Virat Kohli has transformed into a remarkable performer across all the formats for India. He has played 123 Tests, 299 ODIs, and 125 T20Is for India so far. The 36-year-old has scored 9230 runs at an average of 46.85 in Tests with 30 hundreds and 31 fifties.

In T20Is, he has scored 4188 runs at an average of 48.69 and a strike rate of 137.04 with 1 hundred and 38 fifties. He announced his T20I retirement after India's T20 World Cup win last year.

Kohli has the best record in ODI cricket which is easily his favorite format as well. He has scored a mammoth 14085 runs so far in the format at an insane average of 58.20 and a strike rate of 93.41 with 51 hundreds and 73 fifties.