Stuart Broad joins debate, says Root and Smith more consistent than Kohli

New Delhi: England pacer Stuart Broad has rated India Test skipper Virat Kohli and Australia Skipper Steve Smith below English Vice-Captain Joe Root. Broad’s statement comes after teammate James Anderson questioned Virat Kohli’s technique.

Broad told Cricket Australia's website, "I'd say Joe Root, but just because I've played a huge amount of cricket with him. I know that he makes runs in a lot of conditions, pretty much all conditions, and he has scored runs at really big times for us as an England team. I think when you've played closely with someone for that long a period of time, you see a lot of their strengths. He, in my mind, is built up to be the best player I've seen because I see him every day."

Stuart Broad considers Steve Smith to be more consistent than Virat Kohli, who happens to be leading run scorer in 2016.

"The likes of Steven Smith and Joe Root, they have this consistency of every time they go out to bat they're just desperate to score big runs and that makes them the top of the tree - that makes them the best players in the world."