“You Felt You Could Get Him Out Every Ball”- James Anderson Recalls Battle With Virat Kohli

James Anderson, a well-known English cricketer, recalls on his exhilarating clash with Indian batting legend Virat Kohli. In a fight of skill and strategy, Anderson admits he was certain he would dismiss Kohli with every ball he bowled in his early career.

In Test cricket, England pacer James Anderson has dismissed Kohli seven times, with six wickets coming in England. Despite this, Kohli’s batting average in India against Anderson is noticeably better at 103 against the world’s top Test bowler.

While Anderson removed Kohli four times in the 2014 series, he did not remove him once in the 2018 series. Despite his troubles there, Kohli was dismissed twice in India’s 2021 tour of England. This demonstrates how Kohli’s performance against Anderson differed significantly.

James Anderson talks about his rivalry with Virat Kohli:

In an interview with Sky Sports after the game, James Anderson discussed his career. He reflected on numerous noteworthy occasions, including his great games versus the kind-hearted batsman Virat Kohli of India.

Anderson highlighted their fierce competition and mutual respect, highlighting how Kohli’s skills occasionally made him feel inferior on the field.

“You go so up and down. Some series you feel amazing and some not quite on it and a batter gets the better of you. Playing against Virat Kohli in the early days, you felt you could get him out every ball, and then recently like you can’t get him out at all. You feel so inferior,” the legendary English pacer said to Sky Sports.

After the end of the first Test match between England and the West Indies at Lord’s, one of the seamer bowlers of the England cricket team, James Anderson, announced his retirement from cricket. Having been introduced to the England team in 2002, Anderson was able to dispatch his final opponent in international cricket after over 22 years.

The greatest fast bowler of all time, James Anderson, retired from cricket when England thrashed the West Indies in the first Test in London by an innings and 114 runs. This means that Anderson ends up tallying 704 wickets, making him the format’s third-most successful wicket-taker, with the most for a pacer.