Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has also become a fan of Virat Kohli's batting. Ricky Ponting praised Team India's current captain Virat Kohli. Ricky Ponting has said that there is no other good batsman than Virat Kohli in the current time.
Ricky Ponting has said that Virat Kohli is the world's best batsman at this time because of the batting of Virat Kohli, as Steven Smith is not playing cricket due to the ban. Ricky Ponting was asked during an event, who is the world's best batsman in his eyes? So, in reply to this question, he told him that Virat Kohli at this time, as Steven Smith is not playing. If Steven Smith is playing, I would call him the world's number one player.
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Steven Smith :-
Australian Steven Smith has scored 8 centuries in 108 ODIs and scored 3431 runs at an average of 41.84. Steven Smith has scored 23 centuries in Test matches and scored 6199 runs at 61.37 average.
Virat Kohli :-
Team India captain Virat Kohli's record in ODIs is a great .Virat Kohli scored 35 centuries in 209 ODIs. In which Virat Kohli scored 9663 runs at an average of 58.21. Virat Kohli scored 21 centuries in 66 Tests. In which Virat Kohli scored 5554 runs at an average of 53.4.
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Ricky Ponting believes that Steven Smith has done a great job for Australia, in many important matches, including Ashiz match. That is why he honors a lot of Steven Smith.
In Cape Town Test against South Africa, Steven Smith was caught on the charge of ball tampering, for which the Australian Cricket Board has imposed a one-year ban on Steven Smith. Because of this he is away from cricket at this time.
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