Asia Cup 2023

‘Achha hai match se phele pata lg gaya’ – Fans react as Shadab Khan talks about Virat Kohli ahead of Asia Cup 2023

Published on September 1, 2023

Rohit Sharma and co. are all set to lock horns against Pakistan on September 2 in Kandy, Sri Lanka, to get their Asia Cup 2023 campaign running. All the cricket fans are eager to witness this much-anticipated clash. In addition, star India batter Virat Kohli is one of the players to watch after his terrific knock against Babar Azam’s side during the last T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, speaking on the same, Pakistan star cricketer Shadab Khan heaped praise on India’s swashbuckling batter.

Notably, the great all-rounder called the former India skipper a world-class player. The leg spinner feels that one should have a lot of plans to face India’s modern master. In addition, Pakistan’s vice-captain believes the sport is all about mind games, but one should have those skills to reach that level.

Virat Kohli is a world-class player: Shadab Khan

“He is a world class player, definitely. You have to plan a lot to face him. Anyway, in international cricket, there are a lot of mind games, because you definitely have the skill to reach that level. But how you read each other’s minds, the bowler and the batsman, how they read each other’s minds, and it also depends on what the situation is,” Shadab Khan said on Star Sports.

Moreover, the 24-year-old cricketer has lauded Virat Kohli’s knock during the 2022 T20I World Cup at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. Notably, the Men in Blue were 31/4 and the match was gone for Team India, but chase master Virat Kohli pulled it back with his unbeaten 82 runs from 53 balls. In addition, the stylish right-handed batter feels no other batter can produce such great knocks in front of Pakistan’s bowling line except India’s stalwart Virat Kohli.

“The kind of batsman that Virat Kohli is, the way he has performed against us, even in the last match at the World Cup, I don’t think that if any other batsman in the world was in that situation, could have done that to our bowling line-up. And the beauty of it is that he can do this at any stage and at any time,” he added further.

Check out how fans have reacted to his statement:

Goat 🐐🐐🐐
— Telugu Digi (@TeluguDz) August 31, 2023

Shaant raho, pehle match toh hone do 🧿
— DENGUE (@Den__gue) August 31, 2023

It seems Shadab Khan still not recovered from the Tsunami inning played by Virat Kohli
— Renu K 🌺 (@Talk2Rinki) August 31, 2023

Fir bhi out nahi ker paate 😂😂😂
— Lokesh Saini🚩 (@LokeshVirat18K) August 31, 2023

Everybody talks about him. Look how much pressure he is carrying while playing. That is why we call him the GOAT.
— Anshu Chauhan (@chauhandwarrior) August 31, 2023