Former Australia cricketer and head coach Darren Lehmann has rated Virat Kohli above Joe Root among Test batters. Notably, Kohli recently scored his 30th Test century on Day 3 of the first Test against Australia at Optus Stadium in Perth. Kohli scored an unbeaten 100* (143) smashing two fours and three sixes and registered his seventh Test century in Australia.
The star batter now has second most number of Test hundreds by visiting batter in Australia after Jack Hobbs (9). Following his century, Lehmann hailed Kohli for his return to form and rated him above star England batter Joe Root for scoring runs all across the world in difficult conditions.
“Joe Root is a great player, but is he an all-time great? He’s had four [three] goes in the Ashes, hasn’t made a hundred. Nope, a rung below for that reason. They’ve made runs all over the world in difficult conditions against different oppositions. And that’s the only thing stopping Joe Root. I think he’s a great player, but is he in that upper echelon?,” said Lehmann on ABC Sport.
Root doesn’t have a century in Australia in 27 innings and has scored 892 runs at an average of 35.68 with nine half centuries. Keeping that fact in mind, Lehmann rated Steve Smith, Kane Williamson and Kohli above him. Read More
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