WATCH: Aamer Sohail Tells What Makes Virat Kohli 'Great', Compares Him To Pakistan Legend

Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail compared team India's captain Virat Kohli to ex-Pakistan great batsman Javed Miandad.

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Lahore: Ex-Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail compared Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli with one of Pakistan's finest ever batsman Javed Miandad, saying that much like the legendary Pakistan batsman, the greatness of Virat has helped his teammates improve alongside him.

Pakistan's Javed Miandad, in his career, has scored 8832 and 7381 runs in 124 Tests and 233 ODIs, respectively for his national team. On the other hand, chase-master Kohli has scored 7240, 11867 and 2021 runs in  86 Tests, 248 ODIs and 82 T20Is respectively.

"The most important point for me is that big players break out. They are individually great, but their greatness does not help the team at all. When you talk about Pakistan's cricket history and its greatness, the first name that comes to mind is Javed Miandad," said Sohail in a video posted on his YouTube channel.

"His greatness is still talked about to this day because he used to raise the level of play of the rest of the team. When you stitch a long partnership with him, you used to learn so much, and get inspired that you want to improve more.

"This is what Kohli has done as well. If you look around Kohli, every player has improved alongside him and this is why Kohli gets the tag of a great player," he added.