One of the most aesthetic batsmen in the history of cricket in Kumar Sangakkara has picked a batting duo of this generation that is dominating the world cricket at the moment. The legend in Sangakkara absolutely dominated the bowlers in his playing days and he proved himself in all possible batting conditions.
India have been lucky to witness two legends playing together at the same era and destroying the opposition bowlers at will. The top 2 ranked batsmen in the 50 over format in Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been giving tough times to the bowlers and the consistency with which these two have scored runs is something beyond imaginable.
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In a recent interview to star sports, the southpaw praised Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
There is something very special about Virat and Rohit. That fact that rules have changed and run-scoring might have become slightly easier in one-day cricket, but it’s incredibly hard, the volume of cricket that India athletes play. So, I think you have to have a lot of respect for Rohit and Virat but understand that it’s all because of the players that have gone before and have done all the hard work then as well. So, it’s a knock-on effect, so in every era, there’s always a defining pair and in the modern era, it’s Rohit and Virat for India for sure
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Kumar Sangakkara played at a time when many legends of the game played. The iconic stalwarts in Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly were the notable ones. Both these batsmen were technically precise but at the same time never shied away to take the attack to the opposition.
When asked about them, Kumar Sangakkara said,
If you look at Rahul and Dada, both of them are orthodox batsmen. They play beautiful cricket shots and are very technically correct. Dravid may be a little bit more so, but the ability to be as destructive with such rate and precision stroke-making is something that has to be really admired.