Pakistan skipper Babar Azam slams comparisons with Virat Kohli says, ‘he’s elder to me, learned a lot…'

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India and Pakistan are all set to meet for their first one-day international encounter since the 2019 ODI World Cup..

Meanwhile, fans have been excited ahead of the all-important match, drawing the perennial comparisons between India's Virat Kohli and Pakistan's Babar Azam..

However, now the Pakistan skipper has put a rest to the comparisons with Virat Kohli claiming that the India star is elder than him and there is a lot of mutual respect between them..

Notably, Virat Kohli was also all praise for Babar Azam during a recent interaction going to the extent of saying that the Pakistan batter was probably the best batsman in world cricket right now..

In a conversation with Star Sports, Kohli said, The first interaction I had with him was at the 2019 World Cup after the game in Machester I saw a lot of regard and respect from him from Day 1 and that hasn't changed regardless of the fact that you know, he is probably the top batsman in the world right now across formats, performing so consistently and rightly so..

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