Virat Kohli, Mohammad Yousuf
Mohammad Yousuf served as a vanguard for Pakistan cricket. (Credits - Indiatimes)

Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has shed light on his opinions on the better batsman between Babar Azam and Virat Kohli. Babar Azam and Virat Kohli have often come under comparisons in recent times as the cricketing fraternity being in a fix to pick the best. According to Mohammad Yousuf, Babar Azam holds the edge over Virat Kohli and he explained the reason for the same.

Babar Azam has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the last few years, emerging as a prolific run-getter in all three formats, especially in white-ball cricket. The 25-year old would most likely be recognized as amongst the best in the world and is rapidly getting up there. On the other hand, Virat Kohli has already established himself as the legend of the game, having a penchant for doing well equally in Test, ODI, and T20Is. With over 12000 runs in ODI cricket, he will most likely be the highest run-scorer in the version.

Babar Azam
Babar Azam (Credits: Twitter)

Mohammad Yousuf underlined that Babar Azam has only played international cricket for about five years now as compared to Kohli, who has played for a longer period. According to him, Pakistan’s white-ball skipper has done well since he has performed better than Kohli after playing the same number of matches.

Kohli has played much more cricket than Babar who has only about three to four years of exposure in international cricket. But yes, if you ask me to make a comparison based on where Kohli stood after the same number of matches that Babar has played, I would say Babar has done better,” Mohammad Yousuf stated as quoted by Hindustan Times.

“I felt captaincy had only made him a better player” : Mohammad Yousuf

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Virat Kohli. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

The accomplished Pakistan batsman hailed Kohli for his commitment, which is the reason behind his enormous success and heavy runs in every cricket-playing nation. Yousuf feels that the responsibility of captaincy has made the 32-year old an even better player.

Kohli is very committed that is why he is so successful and he has already got runs in every cricket playing nation. I felt captaincy had only made him a better player,” he added.

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