The 28-year-old Pakistan left-arm fast-bowler Mohammad Amir has recently revealed his overall favourite batsman as well as the present ear’s favourite batsman.
Mohammad Amir is one of the most talented fast-bowlers in Pakistan cricket history. The left-arm pacer made his international cricket debut in 2009 at the 17-year-old. Though the spot-fixing controversy hit his career hugely, he didn’t stop and slowly but steadily he started to impress again with his bowling which he has now continued till the date.
Amir has played 36 Tests, 61 ODIs and 48 T20Is where the left-arm pacer has taken 119, 81 and 59 wickets respectively. In the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Amir finished as the leading wicket-taker for Pakistan as he managed to pick up 17 wickets in eight matches (joint seventh most wicket-taker in that tournament). Though he has retired from the Test cricket in last July, he is continuing the limited-overs format for Pakistan.
Mohammad Amir chose Virat Kohli as his best batsman in this era
Recently, during the live video chat with his friends, Amir revealed that his overall favourite cricketer was the legendary Pakistan opening batsman Saeed Anwar. Then, he named the present Indian captain Virat Kohli as his favourite batsman in the modern era. He feels that there is no match for him in this era.
Amir said, “My overall favourite is Saeed bhai but if you talk about this era then it is Virat Kohli. There is no match to him in this era.”
Saeed Anwar served for Pakistan national cricket team from 1989 to 2003. The left-handed batsman played 55 Tests and 247 ODIs where he scored 4052 runs (average 45.52) and 8824 runs (average 39.92) respectively.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli is one of the greatest batsmen in international cricket history. He is currently the no.1-ranked ODI batsman, no.2-ranked Test batsman and no.10-ranked T20I batsman. The right-handed batsman is one of the biggest examples of consistency in batting as he has maintained the 50+ batting averages in each format of international cricket.
At present, Kohli is the eighth-most run-scorer in international cricket history as he has scored 21901 runs in 460 innings (416 matches) with an average of 56.15. He has already hit 70 international centuries, third-most number of centuries in international cricket history.