Former Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara praised Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, saying that the duo can be destructive while playing orthodox cricket. While speaking on Star Sports' show Cricket Connected, the former Sri Lanka captain has said that both Rohit and Kohli can score quick runs with their orthodox style and that was similar to former legends like Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly as well.

"If you look at Rahul and Dada (Ganguly), both of them are orthodox batsmen. They play beautiful cricket shots and are very technically correct, Dravid may be a little bit more so, but the ability to be as destructive with such rate and precision stroke-making is something that has to be really admired," he said.

He further added, "If you take the modern-day game, India has two of the best players in Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who play orthodox cricket but who are just absolutely destructive in any format of the game. You don’t have to muscle the ball or put too much effort or look ugly doing it, they just play good cricket shots and results come."

However, Sangakkara said that batting has become much easier now, but he also said that Kohli and Rohit deserve all the credit for their consistency across all formats. He also said that it can certainly be tough since the volume of cricket that India athletes play. He also stressed on their hard work and said that in every era, there is always a unique pair of the game and in this era, it's Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

However, the entire world is currently fighting against the global pandemic novel coronavirus. All the sporting events across the globe has already been postponed or cancelled because of this which also included the 13th edition of Indian Premier League. Moreover, this is not yet decided if the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup will take place in Australia later this year.