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Former India player and cricket pundit, Aakash Chopra believes that the ‘Fab Four’ in Test cricket has been reduced to ‘Fab Three’ since 2020, following the numbers of Virat Kohli and David Warner. Kohli’s position has been weak considering red-ball cricket, his class and quality.
Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson are regarded as the ‘Fab Four’ for their impressive records in Test cricket. While the other three have consistently given the opposition a headache to get them out, Kohli’s numbers have dropped.
In a video shared on his official YouTube channel, Chopra said that the ‘Fab Four’ no longer exists. (Novak Djokovic, Anushka Sharma impressed by Virat Kohli’s ‘leg day’ in gym ahead of India vs West Indies 1st Test)
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“Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson were definitely the ‘Fab Four’ at one point of time. In fact, David Warner’s name was also present in that list. We are talking about Test cricket. Talking about the period between 2014 and 2019. But now we don’t have a ‘Fab Four’, only a ‘Fab Three’.”
“If we talk about Virat Kohli’s performance between 2014 and 2019, he played 62 matches and scored 5695 runs at an average of 58.71 with the help of 22 centuries. Kohli was unstoppable. There was a domestic season where he scored four double centuries. He was absolutely brilliant.”
Aakash Chopra highlighted that Kohli’s numbers have dropped drastically since the start of 2020, “Virat Kohli’s numbers have dropped. He has played 25 matches – 1277 runs, which doesn’t suit him. His Averaged 29.69 and scored just one century overall, which came against Australia at Ahmedabad.
Kohli’s 12 years in Test cricket
Recently, Kohli completed 12 years in Test cricket and expressed his gratitude through a short post on social media. The former India captain made his Test debut against the West Indies at Kingston on June 20, 2011, and has since played 109 Tests, scoring 8,479 runs at an average of 48.72, including 28 centuries and as many fifties, breaking several records. . Way.
