Legendary Shane Warne considers Virat Kohli and Steven Smith as two of the best batsmen of the modern era but feels that Smith has holds an edge over the Indian captain in Test cricket. Kohli’s dismal tour of England in 2014 was the factor Warne used to separate the two players in the five-day format. Smith has made three away Ashes hundreds and averages 43.31 in the UK.
“To me Steve Smith is the best Test batsman in the world. Virat Kohli is the best across all three formats of the game, but across five days, Smith is the man,” Warne wrote in his News Corp column as quoted by cricket.com.au.
“The hole in Kohli’s CV on the Test match stage is in England and the pressure is on the fiery but very likeable Indian to carry over some double-ton magic from home soil to that country when his team tours next year,” he wrote.
Smith is currently World number one test batsman in ICC rankings.
