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Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Rahmanullah Gurbaz is one of the finest white-ball openers of this generation. The 22-year-old opener plays an explosive brand of cricket. He was a crucial member of Afghanistan's dream run in the recently concluded ODI World Cup 2023. Gurbaz had an inconsistent tournament, scoring 280 runs at an average of 31.11 and a strike rate of 98.93. He was part of the title-winning New York Strikers unit in the recently concluded Abu Dhabi T10 League.
Gurbaz in a Q&A of this or that by ESPNcricinfo was asked whose cover drive is better Virat Kohli or Babar Azam. He had a long and hard thought before choosing the Indian superstar over Pakistan's Babar's cover drives. Both batters are one of the finest of this generation.
Kohli remains arguably the best batter of the generation, the former Pakistan captain has been the best across formats over the last two years. Gurbaz also preferred T20s over T10s and chose MS Dhoni as the best finisher over new rising star Rinku Singh. There were also a few non-cricketing questions on movies and cuisine, and the 22-year-old made some unusual choices.
Virat Kohli's ODI World Cup 2023
Virat Kohli was in sensational form in the ODI World Cup 2023. The former India skipper was the highest run-scorer in the tournament with 765 runs scoring three centuries at an average of 95.62. He was also named the player of the tournament for his brilliant display throughout the tournament, though India lost the final against Australia.
The 35-year-old batter also spoke on how he has challenged himself, "I think you can call it that for sure. There is one thing that is practice on technique and skill. There is one where you think about techniques that you can use to win the match or if I can play like this, this is an improvement for sure. A lot of people don’t know this about the improvement of batting. Improvement happens when you think about what can add to my game to win the match. You don’t do it to become a complete batter."