Virat Kohli, Waqar Younis
Former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis says Indian skipper Virat Kohli is one of the greatest players in cricket and revealed the way he can tackle the batsman/Getty Images

Former Pakistan captain, Waqar Younis says Indian skipper Virat Kohli is one of the greatest players in cricket and revealed the way he could have tackled the batsman. However, Waqar had some words before opening up on the campaign. The former fast bowler gave clues to the current international bowlers about how to get rid of Virat Kohli.

“Well, everyone’s got a weakness and he has been found at times outside the off stump because he likes to drive early on,” Waqar said.

It has been observed from the 2014 Test series in England that Kohli faced difficulties when a ball is delivered outside the off stump. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli worked hard on the aspect to prove him successful. However, he scored 593 runs which include two hundreds.

Younis also said the bowlers need to be sensible while bowling to a batsman like Kohli. The bowlers or the field selection cannot change the batsman mind, and thus they have to stick to their plans and ball accordingly.

Waqar Younis Reveals How he Would have Tackled Virat Kohli
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“I think as a bowler you have got to be sensible when you are bowling at him. You can’t really challenge him. You have to stick to your plans I guess,” Waqar Younis said.

Waqar Younis shared his experience that as an outswing bowler he used to bowl outside the off stump and he would probably bowl to Virat Kohli in the same way.

“And the best plan is if you are an outswing bowler, which I was in my days as a fast bowler in international cricket, I will probably bowl to him outside the off stump and look to take the ball away from him with a bit of short of a length and ask him to drive.””Probably that’s the only hope I have got, but once he gets settled, the conditions don’t really matter because he is such a good player.” Waqar added.

Waqar Younis Reveals How he Would have Tackled Virat Kohli
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Waqar says Virat Kohli is going to become one of the greatest players in cricket.

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“He is a fine player; he is another one who is going to be great like Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar. I mean he is going to be up there with the very best the game has ever seen,” Waqar Younis concluded.