Nasser Hussain:Â Only a few hours are left for the new year to begin. Earlier, ICC has shared a video of former England captain Nasir Hussain. In this, Nasir Hussain is asked to name the probable cricketer who will get the most success in the coming year, here Hussain is seen taking the names of two batsmen in his answer. Nasir Hussain has kept Virat Kohli first in his choice and Babar Azam is his second choice.
Nasir Hussain says, ‘My first choice is a megastar and there is no doubt about it. This is Virat Kohli. The year 2023 has been wonderful for him and the World Cup has also been wonderful. With so many record breaking innings one after the other, we forgot to notice how well he was batting. Technically, I have never seen Virat Kohli bat like this before. He is in a good mental state and his game looks very organized.’
What did Nasir Hussain say about Babar Azam?
Nasir Hussain says, ‘Next is the one who has always been compared with Virat. Babar Azam. I think this year is going to be a big one for him and the Pakistan team. He has left the captaincy, which means a big burden has been removed from his shoulders.
Now he can score a lot of runs for Pakistan. Pakistan will also need a lot of runs from his bat. There is T20 World Cup in the Caribbean. Last time also he had reached the finals. Now they will need the real performance of their former captain.’
This is how Virat and Babar’s year 2023 was
Virat Kohli has scored 2048 runs in 35 international matches this year. He is second among the players who have scored the most international runs this year. Here Shubman Gill is at the first position. Virat has also scored a total of 8 centuries this year, which is the highest number of centuries scored by any batsman in the year 2023.
On the other hand, this year has not been much better for Babar Azam. Babar has been able to score a total of 1399 runs in 35 international matches this year. He has scored three centuries this year.
