More than Virat Kohli, enjoy watching Rohit Sharma bat: Mohammad Shami

India have two of the white ball giants playing together at the moment and there is no surprise that they are the #1 and #2 batsman in the white ball cricket in the world. Even as an opposition, the players can only admire the stroke play of both these legends in Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

In the latest chat session, the fast bowling spearhead for India in Mohammad Shami said that he loves to watch the Indian vice captain in Rohit Sharma more than the Indian captain Virat Kohli.

“Rohit Sharma’s batting is so enjoyable,” says Mohammad Shami

The Bengal pacer in Mohammad Shami was put into a tricky situation when he was asked whom he loves to watch between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for which he answered,

Rohit and Virat are two batsmen that are loved all over the world. Virat has to bat from team perspective, build innings. Rohit is a free flowing batsman whom you can’t stop scoring from. His batting is so enjoyable

Mohammad Shami explains why he loves watching Rohit Sharma more than Virat Kohli pic.twitter.com/73JGkyEU2w

— Himanshu (@himanshux_) July 17, 2020

Both the talented batsmen have turned out to be a run machine for India at the top of the order in ODIs and T20Is. In the shortest format of the game, the destructive opener in Rohit Sharma has 25 half centuries while Virat Kohli has 24 scores of above 50. Rohit Sharma also has 4 centuries to his name.

Highest % Of Runs in wining cause (Minimum 1000 Runs )
Rohit Sharma:- 78.67% (2019)
Rohit Sharma:- 93.13% (2018)
Virat Kohli:-84.19% (2019)
Rohit Sharma:-83.66% (2017)

The above stat shows the grip that these two players have had in the past 3 years in the world cricket.

Players waiting for an official announcement from BCCI

As the WT20 is more or less cancelled due to the novel corona virus pandemic, the window has been left open which the BCCI is trying to conduct the cash rich league in IPL during that period. The official word may arrive at anytime soon from BCCI