Babar Azam or Virat Kohli?- Rashid Khan answers who's tougher to bowl at?

The upcoming Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan is all set to pit two top batters Babar Azam and Virat Kohli against each other. The two have been compared with each other ever since Babar Azam began his career on a high.

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As the Pakistan captain’s career progressed he broke multiple records previously held by Virat Kohli. Naturally, fans and fellow cricketers have had a thing or two to say about the comparison of the two batters.

Rashid Khan, Afghanistan’s star all-rounder has joined the list of cricketers to have his say on the comparison between Babar Azam and Virat Kohli.

Talking to Pakistani journalist Sawera Pasha on her YouTube Channel, the 23-year-old said, “For me, both (Virat and Babar) are equally tough to bowl. The type of batters they are, they won't spare a lose delivery. So, for me, both are tough to bowl to, but I enjoy the challenge. There is no chance that I will bowl a loose ball to both of them. I will focus on bowling in the right areas but bought are tough to bowl at.”

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According to Khan, bowling to these great players has helped him improve his game over the years. He gives Kane Williamson’s example as someone from whom the Hyderabad bowler had learned a lot.

"Bowling to Babar and Virat is fun and it has also been a great learning curve for me. For Example, when I used to bowl to Kane Williamson at SRH, we had a lot of chat afterwards about my bowling. So, his output helped me a lot. I also had discussions with Virat in IPL, and the same goes with Babar too," added Rashid.

The Asia Cup is all set to begin on August 27th with Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan as the curtain raiser of the mega event. India will face the arch-rivals Pakistan on August 28th at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The Indian squad is without the star bowler Jasprit Bumrah while the Pakistan team would lack a similarly important Shaheen Afridi to injury.