Not Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma, Wahab Riaz names this batsman the toughest he has bowled to

Wahab Riaz was in a Q&A session with Cricket Pakistan.

By Jatin Sharma - 22 May, 2021

Pakistani speedster Wahab Riaz was among the finest bowlers in world cricket for a brief period during his career. He was feared for his pace and ability to swing the ball both ways.

No one can forget the spell he bowled to Shane Watson in the quarter-final of the 2015 World Cup in Australia when he sent down a barrage of short balls and yorkers to the Australia opener despite Pakistan being in a position to lose the match.

Wahab has bowled to the best of the best batsmen in the world during his cricketing career for both Pakistan and various T20 teams in the world. Be it Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis, and many more, Wahab has had fiery battles on the field with all of them.

Seen AB de Villiers getting standing ovations in India similar to Dhoni, Kohli and Rohit - Chopra

Featuring in a rapid-fire Q&A by Cricket Pakistan, Wahab answered some of the trickiest questions from his cricketing career. When asked about the toughest batsman he had bowled against, Wahab Riaz thought about it given he had faced the best of the willow wavers of his time, chose South Africa’s AB de Villiers.

The Toughest batsman to bowl to? – AB de Villiers

Here are some of the other interesting answers that Wahab Riaz gave during the Q&A session:

Who bowls a better Yorker- Shaheen, Amir or Wahab?- Me

Whose phone call will you pick- Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma?- Virat Kohli

Role Model in cricket?- Wasim Akram

(timesnownews inputs)

By Jatin Sharma - 22 May, 2021

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