New Delhi: Former India captain Virat Kohli, who has been struggling with poor form for some time, is looking for his lost rhythm in the Asia Cup. After playing a useful knock of 35 runs during the chase in the first match against Pakistan, Kohli scored a half-century against Hong Kong. This is Virat's first fifty since February this year. Against Hong Kong, Kohli scored an unbeaten 59 off 44 balls with the help of one four and three sixes. After this innings of Kohli, a controversial statement of the former Pakistan cricketer has come out. He has said that Kohli was never a great player in T20 and added that Virat can never become Suryakumar Yadav or Rohit Sharma.

Former Pakistan player Rashid Latif said, "Kohli, can never be Suryakumar or Rohit Sharma. His way of playing is the same in RCB, that's why he never became a champion.'' Rashid Latif also questioned Kohli's strike rate and also compared him to Dhoni. Latif said, "Let's take the example of Dhoni. If he plays three-four dot balls, he equalizes everything by hitting three sixes, but Virat will not be able to do that. So the matter is not whether Virat Kohli played slow or fast today. He's like that.''

Latif further said that 'Virat Kohli was never the best player of T20. His average is fine, but his strike rate... we can compare him with Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root, Babar Azam. But none of them have been great match winners in T20Is.' However, the Pakistani player described Kohli as the best player in ODI and said that there is no one close to him here. He said, 'There is no one even close to Kohli in ODIs. There are three phases in ODI cricket. First 1-10 overs, then 11-40 and then the last over. This is a different game. You need the most skill in ODI cricket. That's how Virat Kohli plays.'

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