Kohli is only batsman in current generation destined to be a legend: Moin Khan

Karachi, February 8

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Former Pakistan wicket-keeper-batsman Moin Khan believes Indian skipper Virat Kohli is the only batsman among the current generation who is destined to break many more records and become a legend.

The former Test skipper, who ended his international career in the 2004 home series against India, lamented that the quality of batsmen and bowlers had gone down compared to the 1980s and ’90s era.

“I see Kohli as the only one among the current generation of batsmen who is destined to break many records as well as become a legend,” he said on Gsports show on GTV News channel.

However, Khan was disappointed with the quality of cricketers in the current Pakistan team.

“I look at the Pakistan team and we lack match-winners or game-changers like we had in the ’80s or ’90s. When I was in the team there were so many match winners and we all knew someone would do it that day. That was class.”

The former chief selector and Pakistan team manager lamented that the Pakistan cricket had fallen behind the Indian cricket because of a lack of match winners.

“I credit Mahendra Singh Dhoni for changing the face of Indian cricket. He really turned them around and saw through what Saurav Ganguly had started. That is why India is producing so many quality players and they have strong bench strength,” he said.

Khan also criticised Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq for accepting the dual responsibility. “In our cricket culture which is different from other nations this experiment is not working. Imagine the state of mind of a player in the dressing room. If he shares something about his game or personal life with the head coach, which players do, he must think twice about it because the head coach is also the chief selector,” he said.

Khan said when he was manager and chief selector of the Pakistan team before the 2015 World Cup, the former chairman of the board Najam Sethi had also offered him the post of head coach. PTI