Kohli is the best batsman in the world says Ponting

Former Australia captain, Ricky Ponting believes Virat Kohli is currently the best batsman in the world. Its interesting as former Australian remark comes ahead of Australia tour of India. 

Ponting rates Kohli above Australian captain Steve Smith and David Warner who are currently ranked the number one batsmen in Tests and one-day internationals respectively.

"Is he the best batsman in the world? Yeah, he probably is," Ponting said as quoted on The Age. "I thought he was six or seven months ago and he's probably taken it to another level since then."

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"The one thing about Virat Kohli is whenever there's any confrontation, he does get a little bit outside of his comfort zone. You can see that he gets ultra-aggressive, which may be a good thing for him or maybe good for the opposition," he said.

"We will wait and see what happens. I think he's a similar sort of character to me as well. He wears his heart on his sleeve. He's pretty animated. He's a very aggressive player.

"One thing I learnt about playing in India is the momentum that the home team can create, you have to try and stop that.

Speaking on how bowlers can plan against Kohli, he said, "Someone like Virat, you have to take his boundary-scoring areas away and make him score his runs in different areas or make him bat for a longer time to make his runs."