Dean Jones, Virat Kohli, Steven Smith
Dean Jones. Twitter

Australian legend Dean Jones has expressed his views on the Kohli-Smith debate. He has weighed in on the conversation by asserting who he believes is the better of both across formats. The comparison has again gained rise as both batters have had performed exceptionally well during the recently-concluded India-Australia three-match ODI series. However, Kohli bagged the Man of the Series award as India went on to clinch the series 2-1.

The debate regarding who is the better batsman is on for a long time now. In 2018, Smith suffered a massive blow in his international career when he was banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a year following the unfolding of the ball-tampering saga in Cape Town. But, his return to international cricket has been fantastic. The resolute Smith scored a half-century in the second ODI at Rajkot and a hard-fought century in the final ODI of the series in Bengaluru.

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Dean Jones Weighs In On The Smith-Kohli Debate:

The cricketer-turned-commentator Jones has now expressed his views on who is the better batsman among Kohli and Smith. Besides, replying to a tweet, Jones made it clear that Team India skipper is the better batsman across formats.

Dean Jones Tweet
Dean Jones Tweet

Statistics also suggest that Kohli is the better batsman when it comes to all three formats of international cricket. In Tests, Smith leads Kohli by a decent margin but Kohli is way ahead in ODIs and T20Is respectively.

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The Delhi-born batsman has scored 11792 runs in 245 matches at an impressive average of 59.85. Whereas, Smith has only 4039 runs in 121 ODI games at an average of 42.96. In T20Is Virat has scored a total of 2689 runs and SSmith has scored only 577 runs in the format.

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