"No 1 at the moment.great player," Legendary batsman and former Pakistan skipper Mohammad Yousuf tweeted in response to describe team India skipper Virat Kohli in one word during a Question and Answer session on the social media platform on Saturday.


When asked by one user to pick the best among Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara and Jacques Kallis, Yousuf tweeted back with a reply,"No 1 sachin no2 Lara No 3 ponting..no 4 kallis no 5 sangakara"


Yousuf picked New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson as the best captain in white-ball cricket at the moment.

India skipper Virat Kohli has been bestowed with the rare honour of a Stand being named after him in a stadium (Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium). The 30-year-old is the youngest active cricketer to have a Stand named after him.

Virat is loved and considered as the current best batsman, purely on the basis of what he has achieved-bringing joy to millions of his fans the world over. Apart from bringing so many laurels to the nation, he has etched his name in the annals of Delhi cricket and DDCA.

In Test cricket, Virat has scored 7240 runs in 86 games. In T20Is, the skipper has amassed 2794 runs from 82 games with an incredible average of 50.80. In ODIs, the run-machine has scored 11867 runs from 248 matches at an average of 59.33.