5 cricketers who are in awe of Virat Kohli

#3 Shane Watson

The Australian’s have often received flak for sledging the opponents during the game, the Australian all-rounder, Shane Watson, who is otherwise quite calm, often gets fired up when on-field. India have been touring Australia very frequently in the past few years and Kohli has been on the receiving end of the Australian sledging on more occasions than one.

The Test captain is not one to shy away from such altercations, and has always given it right back to them; this is one of the reasons why he was formerly disliked by the Aussies.

Shane Watson, who now plays with Virat Kohli for Royal Challengers Bangalore, has redefined his bond with his franchise-skipper and has been in awe of him ever since.

“He instills (a) lot of confidence in me. He lets me sort of choose the balls and allows me to set my fields accordingly as well- with his input a lot of the time as well. It’s been great to work under him and he’s using me very nicely,” Watson said in a recent interview with Sky Sports.

Watson even took to Twitter to applaud Kohli:

OMG @imVkohli & @ABdeVilliers17!!!!! All cricketers only bat like that in our dreams!!! So fortunate to witness that today. #PlayBold#ipl9

— Shane Watson (@ShaneRWatson33) May 14, 2016