‘Iss mai naya kya hai’ – Fans react as Shikhar Dhawan says Virat Kohli is best batter in world

The Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 is looming around the corner, as it is slated to commence on October 5 in the host country, India. Notably, all the cricket teams are gearing up to claim the title. In addition, with less than two months left for the marquee event, the former cricketers have started picking up their best team and players for the major tournament. Meanwhile, speaking on the same subject, India star cricketer Shikhar Dhawan recently revealed his choices for batters and bowlers.

Notably, the great India opener has picked former India skipper Virat Kohli as one of the best batters who can rack up the most runs in the major tournament. In addition, the PBKS skipper also named India skipper Rohit Sharma as having the ability to hit runs on the big stages.

Virat Kohli has been scoring runs like crazy: Shikhar Dhawan

“The first (picked) is Virat of course. He is the best batter in the world and has been scoring runs like crazy. Rohit is a very experienced customer. He has scored lots of runs in ICC tournaments and bilateral (series) and he’s a proven player (on the big stage),” Shikhar Dhawan said as quoted by India Today.

Meanwhile, the southpaw also named Australia’s star pacer Mitchell Starc as one of the best bowlers. In addition, the top-order batter feels GT bowler Rashid Khan can take a lot of wickets in India during the upcoming ODI World Cup. Moreover, the 37-year-old batter believes Rabada can trouble the batters owing to the extra pace and bounce in his bowling action.

“I’ll go for Mitchell Starc as he is one of the best fast bowlers (in the world). The fourth player will be Rashid Khan with his mystery action. I am sure he’ll be very, very impactful (in India) and will take lots of wickets. Shaheen Afridi I wouldn’t take because then there would be two left-arm pacers, so I’ll go for Rabada. Rabada has that extra pace and extra bounce that is going to rush the batters,” he added further.

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