‘I don’t think he’s part of Fab 4’ – Ex-India cricketer makes staggering remark on Virat Kohli over Babar Azam debate

England’s Joe Root and Australia’s Steve Smith have been the consistent run scorers in Test cricket over the past few years. Root has averaged 54.8 in Tests between 2020-2023, while Smith scored at almost 50 (49.9) average in the same time period in the longest format. Both are currently part of the ongoing Ashes series in England.

However, former India skipper Virat Kohli hasn’t been in great touch in Test cricket since 2020. The 34-year-old is averaging merely 26.7 in red-ball cricket from 2020 to 2023. Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that Kohli’s form in Tests over the past few years took him out of the Fab 4.

“Kane and Joe Root, no question about it. Steve Smith, averaging 50 with six hundreds, no question about him. But David Warner and Virat Kohli, at this point of time, they are not a part of Fab 4. There’s no Fab 4 right now, there’s Fab 3,” Chopra said on his official YouTube channel.

‘You might think of adding Babar Azam’s name in there’ – Chopra on adding Pakistani skipper’s name on the list

Speaking about New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, he relatively has played lesser Test matches than other members of the Fab 4 (16) in the 2020-23 period, still, he has a stellar average of 72, scoring 1745 runs with seven centuries to his name. Chopra further stated that the Pakistan skipper Babar Azam might be considered to get featured in the Fab 4 but he hasn’t reached that level yet.

“You might think of adding Babar Azam’s name in there. But while there’s no doubt that he has scored runs in Test cricket, I don’t think he is part of Fab 4 at the moment. I’m only talking about Test matches here,” Chopra said.

“Joe Root, Kane Williamson, and Steve Smith are there, but Virat Kohli has slipped out of that list, and so has Warner. Kohli might actually come back but I’m not sure about Warner. The latter’s Test career, I think, is coming to an end,” he further added