Former India opener makes sensational claim about fab four in Tests, talks about Babar Azam
When it comes to Test Cricket, the batting quartet of Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson have ruled the roost for a long time. But when you look at it, the numbers tell a different story. Joe Root and Steve Smith have massively improved their red ball game over the years. When it comes to Test matches between 2020 to 2023 Root has an average of 54.8. Considering the same time frame, Smith has a striking average of 49.9.
Among the fab four, all of them were scoring runs at a wonderful consistent clip in Test matches, but after Covid-19, Kohli’s form has been on the wane in terms of scoring runs in Test cricket. Since 2020 Kohli has hit just one ton in Tests and has had a below-par average of 26.7. According to a former India cricketer, Aakash Chopra said Virat Kohli with his recent dip in form no longer merits a place in the Fab 4.
I don’t think Babar Azam is part of the fab four at present -Aakash Chopra
“Kane and Joe Root, no question about it. Steve Smith, averaging 50 with six hundreds, no question about him. But David Warner and Virat Kohli, at this point in time, are not a part of Fab 4. There’s no Fab 4 right now, there’s Fab 3,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel. “You might think of adding Babar Azam’s name in there. But while there’s no doubt that he has scored runs in Test cricket, I don’t think he is part of Fab 4 at the moment. I’m only talking about Test matches here. Chopra added.
“Joe Root, Kane Williamson, and Steve Smith are there, but Virat Kohli has slipped out of that list, and so has Warner. Kohli might actually come back but I’m not sure about Warner. The latter’s Test career, I think, is coming to an end,” Chopra further elaborated on the debate. When it comes to Kane Williamson, he has played only 16 Tests in the same period but he has hit 1745 runs with a staggering average of 72.
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