IPL has brought many players from the floor to the throne. At the same time, many players made a mark in this league and made the league one of the biggest T20I leagues in the world.
These include names like Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Adam Gilchrist, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Michael Hussey, Kumar Sangakkara, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Suresh Raina. IPL became the biggest league in the world during his tenure. Recently Virat Kohli was asked about the best player of IPL and the two names he picked were surprising, Dhoni or Rohit’s name was not there.
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Kohli was asked to name any two players who he felt were the best players in the IPL. Those named by Kohli are AB de Villiers and Lasith Malinga. Kohli and de Villiers share a special bond and both played together for the same franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for a long time. Both are also very good, De Villiers has scored 5162 runs in 184 IPL matches at an average of 39.71 and a strike rate of 151.69.
At the same time, Malinga has been one of the best bowlers not only in IPL but in the world. His bowling is best in the death overs. Malinga has single-handedly won Mumbai Indians many matches, He has taken 170 wickets in 122 matches.
During this, his economy rate has been 7.14. During this, many more questions were also asked to Kohli, whose answers are as follows-
Kohli was also asked these questions
Most underrated batsman: Ambati Rayudu
Great all-rounder: Shane Watson
Who is better between Rashid Khan and Sunil Narine: Rashid
Favorite shot in T20Is: Pull shot
Favourite team to play against: Chennai Super Kings