Virat Kohli declared worst 'Fab Four' batter by Australia great

Published - 06 Sep 2024, 10:26 PM | Updated - 06 Sep 2024, 11:49 PM

Alyssa Healy, Virat Kohli
Alyssa Healy, Virat Kohli [PC: X]

Australia Women's National Cricket Team captain Alyssa Healy was recently asked to rank the Fab Four batters of the current generation and she went on to put the India great Virat Kohli at the bottom of the list.

Alyssa Healy is undoubtedly one of the greatest Australian women's cricketers of all time, and she has won eight World Cups as well as a Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games. She has played over 200 matches for the Australian team and in those games, she has played some exceptional innings for her side.

Meanwhile, the better half of Mitchell Starc, Healy, recently received a tough task to rank the Fab Four batters in the order from greatest to least great. Before revealing her rankings, Alyssa Healy made it very clear that she would judge the players based on numbers and, shockingly, placed Virat Kohli at the bottom of the table.

"They're all very great. But if I'm purely basing it on number, I'm going to put Kohli as fourth. But I actually rate him as No. 1 in everything else. But if you're basing it on number, Kohli is going to sit fourth for me. I'm looking at it analytically. I think about how much cricket he plays and that's where I look at his stats.

"And they are remarkable based on the sheer amount of cricket he plays and the pressure he is under. But if I look at it analytically, he is going to sit fourth," Alyssa Healy said on the 'LiSTNR Sport' podcast.

Notably, Virat Kohli is leaps and bounds ahead of the other Fab Four batters if the numbers in international cricket across formats are combined.

However, Test cricket is a place where Kohli falls behind Joe Root, Kane Williamson, and Steve Smith as his average is below 50. Other than this, Kohli has blasted over 14000 runs in ODIs and 4000 runs in T20Is while his competitors are yet to breach the 7000 and 3000 runs mark in the two white-ball formats.

Virat Kohli is the greatest player in the world, let's be real but... - Alyssa Healy

Alyssa Healy, meanwhile, placed New Zealand star Kane Williamson at the top of the 'Fab Four' list based on his contributions to the side over the years. She added that Virat Kohli is the greatest player in the world, but he is provided with an adequate amount of support from the likes of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, and Ravindra Jadeja in the team.

"Williamson has carried the whole New Zealand team, whereas for Virat, he is the greatest player in the world, let's be real. But with him, it's like someone else is always there. Rohit Sharma can score hundreds. KL Rahul can score a 100.

"Even [Ravindra] Jadeja can score a 100 at No. 8. He has always got someone else, but I feel that if Williamson doesn't make those runs, New Zealand don't get anywhere near winning," Healy said further.

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