Legendary West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose picked star batter Virat Kohli among batters he would love to bowl against in international cricket.

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Curtly Ambrose picks Virat Kohli among batters he would love to bowl against Courtesy: PTI

Legendary West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose picked star India batter Virat Kohli among the batters he would love to bowl against from the current generation of players. Notably, Ambrose is touted as one of the greatest fast bowlers to have played the game having 630 wickets to his name in his international career including 405 in Tests at an average of just 20.99.

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Having troubled several big names of his era, Ambrose recently shared the top players he would love to bowl against from the current generation. The legendary speedster named the famous trio of Kohli, Australian batting stalwart Steve Smith and England’s Joe Root as players he would love to challenge with the ball.

“Virat, Smith, Root,” Ambrose was quoted as saying by ANI.

Notably, Kohli, Root and Smith and have risen in stature in international cricket and ever since their respective debuts and have emerged as the best batters from their respective countries. While, Kohli etched his name in history books having most ODI centuries to his name and being the highest run scorer in T20 World Cup, Root and Smith accumulated truck load of runs in Test cricket and continue to be force to be reckoned with in red ball cricket.

Wasim Akram is one of my favourite fast bowlers: Ambrose

Meanwhile, further speaking ahead, Ambrose mentioned how batters overshadow bowlers whenever someone names their favourite cricketer. He also said that he would always take a bowler’s name whenever someone asks him his favourite cricketer and mentioned Pakistan legend Wasim Akram as one of his favourites.

“Yes, I feel so sometimes. I have been in cricket for so long. Most of the time, if you ask someone their favourite cricketer, they would name a batter. I have played some great matches with them, and I admire them. But as a former fast bowler, I will lean towards the bowlers. Wasim Akram is one of my favourite fast bowlers,” he added.

Notably, Akram ranks sixth in the list of most wickets in international cricket with 916 wickets to his name including 502 in 356 ODIs and 414 in 104 Tests.