Australia's Marnus Labuschagne has hailed of Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin as the best batter and bowler from India respectively. The South African-born cricketer has been instrumental in Australia's current run in the Ashes as his side lead the series by 3-0 against Joe Root-led side. The feisty right-handed batter was recently involved in social media conversation where he applauded both Kohli and Ashwin.
“Best Indian Batter and Best Indian bowler you faced?” a fan questioned to which Labuschagne replied “Virat & Ashwin”.
The 27-year-old is too hot to handle for English bowlers at the moment as he leads the scorers' chart in the ongoing Ashes with 286 runs from seven innings. The no.3 batter has an average of 47.66 in the four Test so far with a hundred to his name as well.
While Ashwin has been in top form making comebacks in white-ball cricket too, Kohli has had a tough time in the last two years. The 33-year-old hasn't scored an international hundred since November 2019 and was recently sacked as the captain of the Indian ODI team. During this period, Kohli has remained on 70 international hundreds and is one short of former Australian captain Ricky Ponting's tally of 71 international hundreds.
The conversation wasn't done there as he was also asked about his favourite football club to which he replied with Manchester United. The 20-time Premier League champions have endured a tough time in recent years, but that hasn't stopped the batter from supporting the Red Devils. He also picked Babar Azam and Yasir Shah as the best batter and bowler from Pakistan.
Labuschagne will like to end the Ashes series in high as they will try to win the final Test in Hobart. England were successful in keeping Pat Cummins-led side at bay in the fourth Test as the affair ended in a nail-biting draw. The final Ashes Test will commence on January 14 in Hobart.
