Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are best in the business as far as their respective arenas are concerned, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday.

Speaking at the 'Agenda Aaj Tak', Jaitley, who is a cricket enthusiast apart from being a seasoned politician, was asked for his prediction on the 2019 general election and India's chances of winning the next year’s World Cup.

"In both spheres, there are spectacular players -- Virat Kohli and Narendra Modi. And it is not easy to defeat them," Jaitley quoted.

Kohli is widely deemed as best batsman in the world today. During the just-concluded second Test against Australia in Perth, Virat became the second fastest batsman to notch up 25 Test tons. He scored a glorious 123 in India’s first innings. While the Indian captain achieved the tally in 127 innings, Australia’s legendary batsman Sir Donald Bradman had accomplished the same in a mere 68 innings.

Virat Kohli has taken his batting feats to a different level altogether in 2018. Despite playing the majority of Test matches outside Asia, Kohli is averaging 56.36 in red-ball cricket with over 1200 runs this year, while his ODI average read 133.55 in 14 matches in this calendar year.