Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli ? Mohammed Shami has a perfect answer to the evergreen question

India Mohammed Shami praised the Pakistan cricket team for their impressive performances in recent times. Pakistan cricket team has had some great performances in the last two years. They have been fairly consistent, especially in the shorter formats. They reached the semifinal of the 20-20 World Cup and even went on to beat India in the event.

In an interview with India.com, Mohammed Shami said that the addition of a few new players have helped Pakistan. Shami also spoke about the comparison between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam and said that it is unfair to compare the duo as Babar can only be judged after he has played for a few more years. 

"Pakistan has been playing very good cricket of late and the emergence of three-four players have really helped them a lot. No doubt Babar Azam is a great player. But to compare him with the likes of Steve Smith, Joe Root or Virat Kohli will be unfair on him."

"I would say let him play for that many years and then maybe we can judge. At the moment, if he continues to play like that, then he would obviously end his career as one of the greats from Pakistan. Good luck Babar Azam, I would say," he added.

Shami has been rested from India's upcoming limited-overs series against West Indies. The pacer is likely to return for the Test series against Sri Lanka that will follow the West Indies limited-overs assignment.