In a lighthearted conversation on Tuesday, cricketers Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers covered a wide range of topics related to life and cricket. Virat Kohli and ABD discussed the greatest and worst runners they have faced while playing cricket. It was forbidden for the players to use each other’s identities.
As the fastest runner between the wickets, MS Dhoni was chosen by Virat Kohli, while Faf du Plessis was chosen by AB De Villiers. ABD, according to Kohli, is the quickest batter he has ever played cricket with, followed by former India captain MS Dhoni.
It all took place on AB De Villiers’ YouTube channel Three Sixty and he had Virat Kohli on there with him. Both of the legends of the game spoke about different topics and ABD threw in the question about rating the best to worst runners in the non-striker’s end.
“Pujara was run-out in the first innings of Centurion Test and I said, ‘Its OK’, such things happen in cricket; Cheteshwar Pujara played a shot in the second innings and called Parthiv Patel for 3rd run, Pujara himself was running towards the danger end and he got run-out again and that too by a big margin.”
Cheteshwar Pujara has experienced some run-out issues throughout his career, despite being a terrific runner between the wickets. His readiness to accept quick singles and sharp doubles occasionally causes misunderstandings with his batting companion, which results in run-outs.
Due to his slow running between the wickets, Pujara is also susceptible to direct hits from the opposing fielders but that doesn’t take anything away from his stature in test cricket for India. When AB De Villiers had to choose his worst runner is actually RCB’s captain Faf Du Plesis.
“Mine is controversial as well. He is the best runner I have run with as well, it’s Faf. But he’s run me out at least seven times in my career. We have had some worst misunderstandings.”
