Great batsman Sunil Gavaskar has compared Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli to Vivian Richards. Gavaskar said that Virat is considered the number one batsman for this reason because he bats exactly like Vivian Richards.
25 June marks the anniversary of India's 1983 World Cup victory. On this day 37 years ago, the Indian team created history on the ground of Lord's by defeating West Indies. In an event related to this, Gavaskar told the official broadcaster, "It would not have been easy to stop Vivian Richards when he was at the crease. This kind of batting is done by Virat Kohli nowadays.
Assessing Kohli's batting, Gavaskar said, "If you look at the batting of Virat Kohli, using the top hand of the same ball, you can make a boundary in the area of extra cover and on the same ball with the middle hand on the mid-on. That is why he is the number one batsman as he bats like Vivian Richards. Gavaskar said that earlier Gundappa Vishwanath and VVS Laxman also used to bat in the same way.
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