WTC final: Ex-England cricketer makes THIS HUGE claim about Team India’s vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane | Cricket News

Team India is all set for his or her first worldwide fixture after finishing an emphatic victory over England earlier this 12 months. Virat Kohli and his boys, who have been busy performing their duties for his or her respective Indian Premier League franchises earlier than the event took a pause as a consequence of COVID-19, will now be seen in a high-voltage conflict towards New Zealand within the World Test Championship last, scheduled to happen at Southampton from June 18-22. 

With the conflict being extremely anticipated by each the followers and former cricketers, many have already began drawing comparability between the 2 skippers concerned – Kohli and Kane Williamson. 

In a contemporary interview with Sports Yaari, former England spinner Monty Panesar additionally opined his views on the upcoming WTC last, by which the cricketer went on to make an enormous claim about Kohli’s deputy Ajinkya Rahane, whereas evaluating each the skippers. 

“I think both are extremely good. Both can steady the team in any situation. If you look at T20Is and ODIs, Virat Kohli is the best chaser. But Kane Williamson plays equally well in all three formats.” 

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“I think his level is above Rohit Sharma but a little below Virat Kohli. If Kane was an Indian, he would probably be an ideal replacement for Ajinkya Rahane in the Test batting line-up,” mentioned Panesar. 

Panesar on India vs England Tests 

Panesar additionally feels that it could be a cakewalk for Kohli and his unit within the upcoming five-match Test collection towards the hosts and in addition defined the rationale behind it. 

“The first factor is that the matches will start in August, which has the warmest weather in the year. The second factor is that there are five Test matches taking place in a short span of time and India play well when they have the momentum,” mentioned Panesar. 

“Thirdly, India’s seam options are brilliant. It wasn’t the case earlier. And the most important is that ever since Alastair Cook retired, England’s top order batting hasn’t been good.”