Former South Africa player Jonty Rhodes made a massive statement about Virat Kohli. However, Kohli was ruled out of the ongoing series due to a hamstring injury. Jonty Rhodes added that he admired Virat Kohli’s aggression and how he is on the field. He shared that Kohli is a great fielder, but not the
best that India has ever produced as well.
“It was so different to MS, from a captaincy point of view. But its consistent. Virat Kohli, when he bats, when he’s in the field, when he’s captain, that is what he does. When I am watching him as a fielding coach, I watch him. He’s not the best fielder in India, but he’s a great fielder. His energy is incredible. My only concern is that when he is overly aggressive, its great when everything is going good. But if things aren’t going well for the team, where does that aggression go? It’s too easy then to come out in a dressing room environment,” he said during a conversation on Prakhar Gupta’s YouTube channel.
“As a generational player, I think the only thing he struggled with was the swing in England. But he’s human. All of us struggle when the ball swings,” he again added.
In the same conversation, Jonty Rhodes also shared his take on the comparison between Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar. He also stated that Kohli could be better than Tendulkar in terms of records. But, he also stated that there was no point in comparing the two generational stars
“There is so much cricket. He’s not getting downtime. I know he’s playing only franchise cricket in India. But there’s not a lot of downtime. His body, he’s stronger and mentally and physically, he’s in such great shape that he could be better than Tendulkar from a records point of view. I could ask the question a lot. Who’s better? But why are you even trying to compare them? Isn’t it amazing that India have produced these two most amazing generational batters? Straight after each other,” he said.
“The fact that it wasn’t a ten-year gap that India had this great player and ten years later somebody. Not just their contribution with the bat but their contribution to the inspiration of that generation. It should be celebrated rather than compared. One country has these two players that between them have inspired billions. It’s incredible that these two have overlapped,” he concluded.
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