“Babar and Virat are continuing a long India-Pakistan cricketers' tradition” - Mohammad Kaif

The former cricketer said that both Virat and Babar are keeping sports away from politics.

Veteran batter Virat Kohli has been facing a lot of heat over his batting woes from experts and some former cricketers. Amidst the criticism, the star batter has also received words of encouragement from people all over the world. 

Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s message on Twitter garnered widespread attention in particular. He wrote: "This too shall pass. Stay strong. #ViratKohli”.

Here's the tweet,

To this, Kohli replied to Babar’s tweet, saying: “Thank you. Keep shining and rising. Wish you all the best.”

Here's the tweet,

The man with 70 international centuries recently had a disappointing multi-format series against England. Across both innings of the Edgbaston Test, he could only manage 31 runs, and in the two T20Is that followed, he managed just 12 runs. He scored 33 runs in 2 games during the ODI leg of the series.

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In a tweet posted on Sunday (July 17), former India batter Mohammad Kaif praised Virat and Babar for upholding the long-standing tradition between cricket players from Pakistan and India of keeping politics out of the game while referring to the two as "great ambassadors" of the game.

Here's what Kaif tweeted: