Star India batter Virat Kohli opened up about his equation with Pakistan captain Babar Azam ahead of the highly awaited clash between the two arch-rivals in the Asia Cup on Sunday.
Kohli revealed he first met Babar during the 2019 World Cup and said the Pakistan star always treated him with "regard and respect", and that has not changed despite him growing in stature.
Kohli hailed Babar as "the top batsman in the world across format" currently and also said that he is the kind of player world cricket needs. "The first interaction I had with him was the 2019 World Cup after the game in Manchester.
Him and Imad (Wasim). Imad I have known since Under-19 cricket, we have played against each other and Imad said Babar wanted to have a chat," Kohli said in a chat with Star Sports. "We sat down and spoke about the game.