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    "editor1": "<p>Former Australia captain, Ricky Ponting believes Virat Kohli is currently the best batsman in the world. Its interesting as former Australian remark comes ahead of Australia tour of India.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ponting rates Kohli above&nbsp;Australian captain Steve Smith and David Warner who are currently ranked the number one batsmen in Tests and one-day internationals respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Is he the best batsman in the world? Yeah, he probably is,&quot; Ponting said&nbsp;as quoted on The Age. &quot;I thought he was six or seven months ago and he&#39;s probably taken it to another level since then.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Also Check how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-special\/when-lata-mangeshkar-performed-for-1983-world-champion-team-india--23562\">Lata Mangeshkar helped Indian Cricket Team?<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The one thing about Virat Kohli is whenever there&#39;s any confrontation, he does get a little bit outside of his comfort zone. You can see that he gets ultra-aggressive, which may be a good thing for him or maybe good for the opposition,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We will wait and see what happens. I think he&#39;s a similar sort of character to me as well. He wears his heart on his sleeve. He&#39;s pretty animated. He&#39;s a very aggressive player.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;One thing I learnt about playing in India is the momentum that the home team can create, you have to try and stop that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Speaking on how bowlers can plan against Kohli, he said, &quot;Someone like Virat, you have to take his boundary-scoring areas away and make him score his runs in different areas or make him bat for a longer time to make his runs.&quot;<\/p>\r\n",
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