Australian cricket crew talisman Steve Smith has tipped Virat Kohli to be the best run-scorer within the ongoing 2024 ICC T20 World Cup. Kohli is in impeccable type, coming off the again of profitable the Orange Cap in IPL 2024, and is among the favourites to steer the run charts within the West Indies and the USA as properly. Smith, who was not chosen within the Australia squad, picked one other member of the famed “Fab 4” to attain massive within the Caribbean.

Chatting with ICC, Smith mentioned, “My prime run-scorer of the match can be Virat Kohli. He’s coming off a terrific IPL and he’s bringing in some nice type and I feel he would be the main run-getter.”

Virat Kohli is already the best run-scorer in T20 World Cup historical past, and would find yourself extending his data even additional ought to he carry out in addition to Smith has predicted. He’s presently on 1141 runs in 25 innings in T20 World Cups.

Compatriot and captain Rohit Sharma will not be far behind Kohli, rating fourth within the all-time run-getters checklist. He might climb as much as second as properly this yr. The duo are set to open the batting for India, as they get underway towards Eire in New York on June 5.

Given the opponents India have been positioned with in Group A, Kohli would fancy his possibilities to attain runs. Kohli boasts 308 T20 World Cup runs towards Pakistan, and has solely been dismissed as soon as towards the boys in inexperienced in these matches. The arch-rivals face one another on Sunday, June 9.

The veteran pair opening the batting would see Yashasvi Jaiswal shedding out on a spot. Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar, nonetheless, had a special thought, the place he mentioned that he wish to see Jaiswal bat at no. 3.