‘We are fortunate to play against each other’ – Kane Williamson on Virat Kohli

Williamson also opened up about his friendship with the Indian captain.

Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli | AFPWith no international or domestic cricket going on due to the COVID-19 outbreak, cricket stars are keeping themselves busy with different activities.

While some are engaging with fans on social media, some are picking their all-time XIs and favourite players from the past and modern-day cricket.

On Sunday (June 7), New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson featured in Star Sports' Cricket Connected show and spoke on various topics, including his camaraderie with Indian counterpart Virat Kohli.

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“Yes, we are fortunate to play against each other. It has been great to meet at a young age and follow his progress as well as his journey,” Williamson said.

Asked “when would you say your friendship really blossomed?”, the Kiwi captain replied: “It’s been interesting, we’ve had to play against each other for a long period of time. But actually, probably over the last few years, we just shared our views on the game, some honest thoughts and found some common grounds and despite perhaps playing the game little bit differently in terms of physically and may be our on-field characters I suppose.”

Williamson and Kohli might come up against each other in the near future, either in the IPL or at the T20 World Cup, depending on the decision at the ICC board meeting on June 10.

Before Coronavirus rocked the sporting events, the Virat Kohli-led India side toured New Zealand, where they clinched the T20I series 5-0 but coped clean sweep in ODIs (3-0) and Tests (2-0).

 
 

By Salman Anjum - 07 Jun, 2020

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