Kohli not in Tendulkar, Dravid’s league: Mohd. Yousuf

TIL Desk Sports/ Former Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf believes that India captain Virat Kohli is not in the league of legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

“The quality of cricket nowadays does not match the quality we had in the past. Virat Kohli is a very good batsman and I like to watch him play but I don’t think he is in the same league of Tendulkar, Dravid or Laxman,” Yousuf said .

Yousuf, 42, played from 1998 to 2010 for Pakistan in 90 Tests and 288 One-day Internationals, scoring 39 centuries and 97 half centuries in the two formats with a combined total of 17,250 runs.

Yousuf played at a time when Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman dominated world cricket. “Some might not agree but I don’t think today we have the same quality bowlers or batsmen that we had when I played.

Look at Australia’s present bowling line-up they have no one to match Glenn McGrath or Shane Warne, India had Anil Kumble, Srinath and some very good bowlers. South Africa and West Indies also had strong bowling attacks while Sri Lanka relied heavily on Muralitharan,” Yousuf recalled.